The Government today gave permission for fracking to resume across the UK despite the unconventional gas extraction technique having caused two minor earthquakes in Blackpool in 2011.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey this morning (Thursday) lifted a ban on the drilling for shale gas, which was put in place after the UK’s first project near Lancashire caused tremors last year. Following the tremors, the Department for Energy and Climate Change asked three experts to make an independent assessment. According to the BBC, their…
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