Government quizzed on fracking definition
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has been urged to widen the moratorium on fracking in England to include all forms of the process.
A gas company that criticised campaigners for using the word ‘fracking’ for a well operation in North Yorkshire used the same term for the same process in correspondence with officials.
The energy minister has confirmed that a small-scale form of fracking, planned for a site in Lincolnshire, is not covered by the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.