Fury as Liz Truss will allow fracking today despite her own chancellor saying it won't work
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to lift the fracking ban as part of her plan on energy bills - well that Kwasi Kwarteng said in March that this would not solve the crisis
The Cuadrilla fracking site at the Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire (
Image: PA)
Activists reacted with fury as Liz Truss authorized fracking today - despite her own chancellor saying it would not solve the crisis.
The Conservative leader is expected to lift a ban in 2019 on the fossil fuel extraction process as part of a broader strategy on energy bills, announced at 11:30 a.m.
The Telegraph reported that the change could be made quickly with a written declaration to Parliament and that the first applications for drilling permission could arrive within weeks.
It should also give the green light to a wave of oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
The decision to smash the manifesto has angered environmental groups, with Friends of the Earth saying it's 'disruptive, unpopular and won't do much to boost energy security or cut bills ".
Critics questioned whether the policy would actually make much of a difference, since residents could block fracking wells in their area. Upgrade Secretary Simon Clarke confirmed: "Consent will be at the heart of our energy policy - community consent."
And Ms Truss's own chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, said just six months ago that fracking was not the answer to the energy crisis.
Picture:
Getty Images)He wrote in the March Sunday Mail: 'Those calling for his return misunderstand the situation we find ourselves in.' He added: "Even if we lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing tomorrow, it would take up to a decade to extract sufficient volumes.
"And that would come at a high cost to communities and our precious campaign."
Mr. Kwarteng continued, "Second, no amount of shale gas from hundreds of wells...
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to lift the fracking ban as part of her plan on energy bills - well that Kwasi Kwarteng said in March that this would not solve the crisis
The Cuadrilla fracking site at the Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire (
Image: PA)
Activists reacted with fury as Liz Truss authorized fracking today - despite her own chancellor saying it would not solve the crisis.
The Conservative leader is expected to lift a ban in 2019 on the fossil fuel extraction process as part of a broader strategy on energy bills, announced at 11:30 a.m.
The Telegraph reported that the change could be made quickly with a written declaration to Parliament and that the first applications for drilling permission could arrive within weeks.
It should also give the green light to a wave of oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.
The decision to smash the manifesto has angered environmental groups, with Friends of the Earth saying it's 'disruptive, unpopular and won't do much to boost energy security or cut bills ".
Critics questioned whether the policy would actually make much of a difference, since residents could block fracking wells in their area. Upgrade Secretary Simon Clarke confirmed: "Consent will be at the heart of our energy policy - community consent."
And Ms Truss's own chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, said just six months ago that fracking was not the answer to the energy crisis.
Picture:
Getty Images)He wrote in the March Sunday Mail: 'Those calling for his return misunderstand the situation we find ourselves in.' He added: "Even if we lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing tomorrow, it would take up to a decade to extract sufficient volumes.
"And that would come at a high cost to communities and our precious campaign."
Mr. Kwarteng continued, "Second, no amount of shale gas from hundreds of wells...
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