Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has accused Liz Truss of "contradicting" the climate crisis as she presses ahead with plans to lift the ban on fracking and promised "get gas flowing" in a matter of months.
The new PM says fracking could help the current UK's energy crisis and believes work could restart in months. However it is is not yet clear whether she will be willing to go against the Welsh Government's clear opposition to fracking at the sites where there is potential for it in Wales including the Vale of Glamorgan and the Valleys as well as Wrexham.
Speaking after her announcement, Mr Drakeford said categorically "there will be no fracking available here in Wales". He said: "The way to create energy security for the future is to invest in renewable energy, of which Wales has such abundance. In that way we would not only create a secure supply of affordable energy but we would do so in a way that was making a contribution to, and not a contradiction of, the climate crisis."
