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What is fracking, the potential sites and why it's controversial

$What is fracking, the potential sites and why it's controversial$

Prime minister Liz Truss faces a political backlash after lifting England’s fracking ban - but why has the practice caused so much tension?

Manchester Evening News

$Truss could break fracking election pledge to bypass local opposition$

Truss could break fracking election pledge to bypass local opposition

Exclusive: Government discussing plans to designate sites as nationally significant infrastructure projects

Liz Truss risks Tory backlash over end to fracking ban

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Liz Truss’s Government has abandoned the Tory 2019 commitment to maintain a ban on fracking until there was scientific proof it was safe.

Government sparks controversy as it allows fracking in England again to boost UK energy supplies

Business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg says move is in response to energy crisis

Wales Online

Fracking could affect many protected areas across England as ban is lifted

Guardian analysis finds 151 licences already granted threaten environmentally important spots

Fracking ban lifted as energy security made ‘absolute priority’ by Government

Prime Minister Liz Truss and Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg said the move is vital to improve domestic gas supply.

Fracking ban axed and earthquake limit lifted in Tories' 100-well oil and gas bonanza

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Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg claims the move will boost the UK's energy security despite a scientific report warning it's impossible to say if it'll cause earthquakes.

Liz Truss government lifts ban on fracking in push to grant 100 new oil and gas licences

$Liz Truss government lifts ban on fracking in push to grant 100 new oil and gas licences$

Government says ‘higher degree of disturbance’ in national interest – despite conceding need to gather better safety data

Government will allow higher levels of ‘seismic activity’ at fracking sites, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests

$Government will allow higher levels of ‘seismic activity’ at fracking sites, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests$

Current limits ‘too low’, says business secretary

Prime Minister defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban

$Prime Minister defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban$

The Conservatives in 2019 pledged not to lift England’s moratorium unless fracking was scientifically proven to be safe.

Liz Truss, we support fracking too – that’s why we know it can’t work for Britain

$Liz Truss, we support fracking too – that’s why we know it can’t work for Britain$

The economic and political barriers to fracking here are extremely high. There are better solutions to the energy crisis, say Chris Cornelius and Mark Linder

Fracking won’t work in UK says founder of fracking company Cuadrilla

$Fracking won’t work in UK says founder of fracking company Cuadrilla$

Chris Cornelius says geology is too challenging and government’s support is merely ‘soundbites’

In a win for Traditional Owners, Origin is walking away from the Beetaloo Basin. But the fight against fracking is not over

$In a win for Traditional Owners, Origin is walking away from the Beetaloo Basin. But the fight against fracking is not over$

What a difference six months makes. Before the federal election, the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory was to have spearheaded Australia’s “gas-led recovery”. But Origin Energy this week announced it would sell its share of the basin project ahead of a wider exit from new gas ventures.

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Origin Energy quitting Beetaloo fracking project an 'indicator' of gas industry’s future, analyst says

Origin Energy's decision to back out of plans to frack for gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin could be an early indicator of "fossil fuels falling away", according to an energy analyst.

Wales Online

Liz Truss's fracking plans are only 280 million years too late

UK's claimate change progress could be reversed and thrown away for a few years of slightly cheaper gas for a few people, and a lot of profits for even fewer

Fracking won’t solve energy crisis and could cause ‘serious’ damage, watchdog warns

Liz Truss urged to ‘look at the facts’ – just days before she is expected to lift three-year ban on drilling for shale gas

Belfast Live

Sammy Wilson says it's "absolute madness to turn our back" on underground gas during UK Energy Costs debate

He asked the new Prime Minister if she accepts his view ahead of her fracking announcement

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Leaked report says we can't be sure fracking is safe despite Liz Truss lifting ban

The government is accused of lacking integrity after the Tories pledged in their manifesto that fracking would not be permitted again until scientists "categorically" confirmed it does not cause earthquakes

The National (Scotland)

Experts spell out why Tories' 'desperate' fracking plans won't help energy crisis

LIZ Truss’s decision to lift the ban on fracking in England was based on “desperation and dogma”, a leading expert has said.

Liz Truss to lift fracking ban ‘despite little progress on earthquake risk’

Exclusive: leaked report for government says reducing and predicting risk ‘remains a scientific challenge’

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Fracking: if Liz Truss wants a major shale gas industry, she is 280 million years late

In some respects, the UK has been among the world’s most successful countries at taking action against climate change over the past few decades. Yet that progress could be reversed and thrown away for a few years of slightly cheaper gas for a few people, and a lot of profits…

Liz Truss urged to relax earthquake limits on fracking ahead of ban lift

The Prime Minister is set to lift the ban on fracking as soon as next week to make Britain energy independent by 2040. The 2019 Tory manifesto pledged not to do so unless it was scientifically proven to be safe amid concerns over earthquakes.

Fracking firms push for easing of earthquake and planning rules ahead of ban lifting

Tremors above 0.5 on Richter scale should be allowed, industry says – and local objections bypassed