Lifting the two year ban on fracking won’t ease the immediate energy supply crisis according to industry experts.
As she announced measures to help with domestic and business energy bills, new PM Liz Truss said she was also ending the two year ban on fracturing rocks with high-pressure water to extract shale gas.
There have been concerns that the process can cause ground movement and water pollution and release toxic gases into the environment. There are also fears it could see the industrial development of rural areas while burning shale gas would add to global warming when investment in green technologies should be considered instead.
