Fracking could affect many protected areas across England as ban is lifted
Guardian analysis finds 151 licences already granted threaten environmentally important spots
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Guardian analysis finds 151 licences already granted threaten environmentally important spots
A national green light for fracing, the technique that triggered a huge boom in shale oil and gas in the U.S., is one of a handful of measures from Britain’s new leader to increase energy supplies in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s a controversial move that rolls back pledges made by her predecessor Boris Johnson in the government’s election manifesto.
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss removed a ban on drilling for shale gas, an effort to boost domestic energy supply that will have to overcome the same obstacles that stymied the industry for the past decade.
In an energy policy address to the UK House of Commons Thursday, new Prime Minister Liz Truss said the government would lift the ban in England to drill
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