United Kingdom: Will George Osborne hail the shale gas in his own backyard?

Independent: It is what you might describe as the politician's ultimate Nimby dilemma. On the one hand you represent two of the more beautiful constituencies in England's green and pleasant land – with voters well used to protecting it. On the other you're a firm believer in a technology that could ruin them – turning green fields into gas fields with the added bonus of a minor earthquake or two. That, The Independent can reveal, is the unfortunate quandary facing the Chancellor George Osborne and the Environment...

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