Fracking moratorium in UK

Britain has lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas that had been in place since 2019, saying strengthening the country’s energy supply was an “absolute priority”.

Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg said all sources of energy needed to be explored, “so it’s right that we’ve lifted the pause to realise any potential sources of domestic gas”.

So why was the moratorium imposed in the first place? Recent TV news clips refer to the danger of earthquakes and suggest that the risk has been overstated but there is far more to fracking than a few earthquakes.

Watch this film to understand what questions need to be asked of the fracking companies BEFORE drilling starts. Once it starts it is almost certainly too late as you can witness in this film from 2010:

Gasland 2010