The government committed in today’s King’s Speech to a permanent ban on fracking – but there’s no still detail on which operations would be included.
Fracking equipment at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, 20 August 2019. Photo: Ros Wills Briefing documents confirmed that the Energy Independence Bill would deliver the government’s manifesto promise to ban fracking. But campaigners said the ban must cover all forms of fracking. A mora…
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