Restoring fracking ban ‘beggars belief’, says Cuadrilla chief
It “beggars belief” that new Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has decided to bring back a ban on fracking in England, the chief executive of the UK’s first fracking company has said. Francis Egan, chief executive of energy firm Cuadrilla (Danny Lawson/PA)There are potential shale reserves across northern England, but fracking firms could also seek to drill in southern areas where gas might be found. “The industry has recently unveiled a community dividend package worth hundreds of millions of pounds per producing shale gas sites. A worker at the Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire (Danny Lawson/PA)The move drew widespread criticism from environmentalists, opposition parties and some Tory MPs who had potential fracking areas in their constituencies. Confirmation that the fracking ban was being re-imposed, just a little over a month after it had been lifted, was made by Business Secretary Grant Shapps in a written ministerial statement on Thursday.
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