The UK government announced over the weekend it is suspending all fracking activity in England due to the risk it causes earthquakes. It says the ban will stay in place “unless and until” the science determines fracking is safe bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
The decision came after a report by @OGAuthority concluded it is not possible to predict the probability or size of tremors caused by fracking ogauthority.co.uk/news-publicati…
In 2018 a series of earthquakes caused fracking operations in the UK to be halted several times newscientist.com/article/mg2403…
Fracking involves pumping water, sand and chemicals underground at high pressure to fracture shale rock and release natural gas. In April, the UK’s shale gas commissioner resigned, prompting questions about the future of fracking newscientist.com/article/220105…
While geologists predicted that the UK’s shale gas revolution would have fizzled out anyway, due to the country’s rock structure newscientist.com/article/214474…
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