The Scotsman: Fracking: Dart ‘desperate’ to revive Airth plan
Environmental campaigners have accused Dart Energy of making a “last desperate attempt” to revive its plans for its controversial gas extraction operations north of the border.
Responding to the Australian energy firm’s announcement today that it was placing new shares on the Australian Securities Exchange to raise £12 million for its UK operations, Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) claimed the company had failed to mention HSBC had frozen the company’s loan facility due to delays at its Airth project near Stirling.
But the energy company said campaigners were deliberately misrepresenting the situation to promote their own anti-fossil fuel agenda.