German brewers warn fracking could hurt beer industry

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Bayern Munich supporter Christopher Intsiful got his ticket to tomorrow's Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in London and he didn't even have to give up his beer to get there. The 45-year-old public relations executive had offered to ...

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German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry. The Brauer-Bund beer association is worried that fracking for shale ...

The Brauer-Bund association is worried that fracking for natural gas could pollute the ground water used in brewing beer and break a 500 year old industry rule on water purity; it was reported in the German press. Fracking involves pumping water ...

Nigel Farage has insisted he would scrap the smoking ban and has pointed to Germany for support, claiming the country had realised how "silly and illiberal" the ban was. Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the Ukip leader, who smokes himself, ...