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Ineos's Grangemouth oil refinery on the Firth of Forth near Falkirk, Scotland
PETROCHEMICAL giant Ineos is launching a legal challenge against the Scottish government’s fracking ban.
Ministers announced a permanent prohibition in October, saying they took a “cautious, evidence-led approach” in reaching the decision, having included business and communities.
At the time, a vote by MSPs endorsed the ban and a consultation revealed that 99 per cent of the public said they backed a ban.
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership