What's a little 0.5 on the Richter scale between pals, eh
As the lifting of a fracking ban looms over Lancashire, Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has described the current earthquake safety limit as "too low".
LancsLive reported last week how fracking firms were asking for earthquake limits to be eased after plans to lift the ban on the controversial practice were announced, meaning Lancashire's disputed shale gas wells could restart. New Prime Minister Liz Truss said she was going to "put spades in the ground" and relax a temporary ban on new UK fracking sites, causing alarm across Lancashire.The government has previously applied a “seismic threshold” for what it considered acceptable.
The temporary fracking ban was launched in 2019 following fears over quakes and tremors caused by the practice, said to involve forcing pressurised water and gas into underground openings to bring gas and oil out of the ground. The UK government said it would lift the ban as part of its plans to limit rising energy costs.
“Fracking is a part of the energy mix – we should be looking at all options. No option should be off the table to improve our energy security because that’s the number one issue we face. Environmental groups hit out at the move to lift the ban, with Greenpeace energy security campaigner Philip Evans warning fracking was “a dud”.
Mr Evans urged the Prime Minister to look at the “tried and tested” solutions to lower bills and boost energy security – renewables and upgrading energy efficiency in homes.
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