Fracking won't solve energy crisis and could cause 'serious' damage, watchdog warns
The return of fracking will not alleviate the UK's energy crisis and could cause 'serious' environmental damage, warns the head of a government watchdog.
Lord Deben, chair of the independent committee on climate change, has urged Liz Truss to 'look at the facts' - just days before she gives the go-ahead for shale gas drilling in England.
He rejected the claim, made by some government ministers, that the surge in gas prices has created an opportunity for the UK to exploit its reserves through fracking.
The return of fracking will not alleviate the UK's energy crisis and could cause 'serious' environmental damage, warns the head of a government watchdog.
Lord Deben, chair of the independent committee on climate change, has urged Liz Truss to 'look at the facts' - just days before she gives the go-ahead for shale gas drilling in England.
He rejected the claim, made by some government ministers, that the surge in gas prices has created an opportunity for the UK to exploit its reserves through fracking.
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