MPs seek block on all forms of fracking
A group of MPs is campaigning to stop all forms of fracking in England by including them in the moratorium.
A group of MPs is campaigning to stop all forms of fracking in England by including them in the moratorium.
The government is to consider all volumes of hydraulic fracturing when it introduces its ban on the process, an energy minister has said.
The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where there are plans for a form of fracking, has promised to question the government on its commitment to ban the process.
Plans for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near the North Yorkshire village of Burniston should be assessed for the likely environmental impact, local people unanimously agreed last night.