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Government urged to close fracking loophole

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The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has been urged to widen the moratorium on fracking in England to include all forms of the process. Photo: Anne Thompson The moratorium, introduced after fracking caused earthquakes in 2019, covers only operations that meet the statutory definition, based on the volume of fluid used. But opponents of onshore oil and gas have consistently called for the moratorium to be extended to operations that fracture rocks…
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DRILL OR DROP? broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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