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UK Government Announces Moratorium
On 2 November 2019, the Conservative led government announced a moratorium on Fracking in the UK ostensibly because it is ‘unsafe’ following a … Read More »
Preston New Road Action Group
We are a residents' organisation trying to help save our community and the planet from fossil fuel extraction by fracking.
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“Woefully inadequate” regulation of UK onshore oil and gas risks environmental damage – new study
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Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site, 31 October 2018. Photo: Eddie Thornton Regulation of the UK onshore shale industry is “lax, fragmented and frequently incompetent”, a new study has…Positive statements coming from the Energy minister - "the world has moved on from "Fracking". It has been described as "a technology of the past".
He also said “We will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely and without inconvenience.
“This is extremely unlikely to happen as far as I am concerned.
“There will be no fracking for the foreseeable future”.Minister tells anti-fracking MPs to “accept victory”
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Energy minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, with Alexander Stafford (centre) and Lee Rowley (right), 28 September 2020. Photo: Parliament TV Two Conservative MPs who opposed fracking in their constituencies h…
