Liz Truss did not mention fracking in her speech to the Conservative conference in Birmingham. But leading campaigners from Greenpeace heckled over the party’s U-turn on the moratorium on fracking.
Some politicians, campaign groups and residents have reacted with anger at the official lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England. But two leading shale gas companies have welcomed today’s announcement.
Conservative MPs in shale gas areas have reacted angrily to the announcement by Jacob Rees-Mogg, that the moratorium on fracking had been lifted.
Forecasting earthquakes caused by fracking is still “a scientific challenge”, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said in a report published today.
The constituencies of senior members of the cabinet will be untouched by fracking. But key red wall seats taken by the Conservatives from Labour in 2019, often with small majorities, are in shale gas areas.
The shale gas company, IGas, said today it could drill 80 wells by this time next year, with the “right government support”.
Stephen Bowler, who has been chief executive of IGas for the past seven years, is leaving immediately by mutual consent.
DrillOrDrop is compiling reaction to the government’s announcement that it will lift the moratorium on fracking in England.
The prime minister has given the go-ahead to fracking in England.
Government advisors have told the new prime minister the UK can’t rely on shale gas to solve the cost-of-living crisis.
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