The Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire
ACTIVISTS slammed the lifting of the fracking ban in England as a “charter for earthquakes” today as Prime Minister Liz Truss faced a backlash from all parts of Parliament.
In an urgent question to the government, shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband called on Secretary of State Jacob Rees-Mogg to “admit the truth that anyone who knows anything about this subject says his claim that fracking will cut bills is nonsense.”
Mr Miliband accused the Tories of lifting the ban with no evidence it was safe to do so.
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
