Environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has secured approval from authorities in Scotland to intervene in a legal challenge being made by shale player Ineos against the Scottish government’s fracking ban, writes Anamaria Deduleasa.

On 9 January this year, chemicals major Ineos and its junior partner Reach called for a judicial review of the devolved Scottish government’s decision in October 2017 not to support shale development in the country.