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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jon Stone

Liz Truss’s government denies abandoning climate targets despite plan to legalise fracking

PA Media

Liz Truss's new government has denied that it is abandoning its net zero target climate commitments despite bringing forward plans to legalise fracking.

Levelling-Up Secretary Simon Clarke on Thursday morning confirmed that the government would lift the ban on the controversial gas extraction process – Ms Truss's first announcement as PM.

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