What is fracking, the potential sites and why it's controversial
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNew prime minister Liz Truss is facing a backlash after lifting the UK's ban on fracking in a bid to improve domestic gas supply.
The announcement came with the launch of Ms Truss' Energy Price Guarantee, freezing gas and electric prices at their current rates in a bid to ease the current cost of living crisis.
The UK had suspended all fracking since 2019 following a series of earth tremors, but business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg claims fracking is in the national interest and will make the country richer.
He suggested current limits on acceptable levels of seismic activity are too restrictive and said the government is determined to “realise any potential sources of domestic gas”. READ MORE: Bank of England announces highest interest rate since 2008 - with country already in recession Part of the reason gas prices have shot up this year is that the UK can no longer rely on Russia to supply gas and oil.
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