Team Ineos booed at Tour De Yorkshire over fracking row
Alex Thomson
Chief Correspondent
Environmental protestors have been targeting one firm at the centre of rows over fracking – Ineos, whose founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe claims the country is being “deprived of cheap energy”.
Environmental protestors have been targeting one firm at the centre of rows over fracking – Ineos, whose founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe claims the country is being “deprived of cheap energy”.
The chemical producer is now bankrolling the Tour de France-winning cycling squad, formerly known as Team Sky.
The newly renamed Team Ineos were booed by protesters at the start of the Tour De Yorkshire.
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