The UK’s New Prime Minister Considers Lifting Fracking Ban

The UK is lifting a 2019 moratorium on shale gas fracking as it looks to ramp up domestic energy resources and help households and businesses struggling to pay soaring energy bills, Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss said at the House of Commons on Thursday. Truss will also soon issue new licenses for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea as Britain looks to increase its own energy resources. The lifting of the fracking ban comes nearly three years after the UK government ended its support for fracking following a report from the…