Tag: Fracking

Rishi Sunak has reimposed the ban on fracking lifted by Liz Truss, in his first major shift away from her policy agenda. He also hinted he would bring back the ban on onshore wind farms.

The energy crisis is a crisis largely of our own making, brought to a head by the Russian invasion. But is fracking the answer its proponents claim, asks David Hansard.

The General Secretary of the GMB trade union, Gary Smith, has said the Left needs to shake off its "bourgeois environmentalism" and make the case for fracking and the building of new nuclear power stations.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has lifted the fracking ban, arguing that tolerating the risks associated with it is now in the national interest, given the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

Liz Truss is to lift a ban on fracking, with the first drilling licences in nearly three years expected to be issued as early as next week. But unless the energy is prioritised for the UK it won't touch prices.

A senior Government source has told the Telegraph that one fracking company reckons it could get some energy into the market by next winter if it’s allowed to get cracking straight away.

Fracking sites were granted a stay of execution last night as ministers considered using them for further research rather than concrete them up forever.

Ex-head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove has called on Boris Johnson to immediate lift the moratorium on fracking and help Europe become less dependent on Russian gas.

The average U.K. household could face energy bills of £3,000 a year, thanks to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Time to rethink the fracking ban?

Russia’s hand is clearly detectable in the anti-fracking campaigns of the last decade, aiming to maintain Europe’s dependence on imported Russian gas.