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Liz Truss ‘to ditch fracking ban’ as she reveals fresh cost-of-living support

The new premier is expected to tell MPs on Thursday that domestic bills will be frozen at around £2,500.

The Independent UK

$PM expected to reverse fracking ban as campaigners call for review’s release$

PM expected to reverse fracking ban as campaigners call for review’s release

BEIS has been sitting on report delivered in early July into possible effect of fracking in UK

The Guardian - UK

$Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted after Liz Truss becomes new Prime Minister$

Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted after Liz Truss becomes new Prime Minister

The fracking ban was imposed in England in 2019

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Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted in energy bills package

The suggestion came as advisers warned that the UK’s gas reserves are too small to make a difference to consumer energy bills.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss poised to axe ban on fracking in energy bills plan - breaching Tory manifesto

Downing Street hinted that the new Prime Minister could tear up a 2019 Tory manifesto commitment to prohibit shale gas extraction as the Government scrambles to help households with spiralling bills

Daily Mirror

Busy first day hints at six plans Liz Truss Government has in pipeline for UK

Human rights and fracking law reforms plus raft of measures to tackle the energy crisis are on the cards

Wales Online

NT Labor members at odds with government after call to ban fracking in Beetaloo Basin

Northern Territory party conference passes string of motions urging a ban on fracking and an end to gas industry subsidies

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Liz Truss's energy proposals 'dangerously short-sighted', SNP warn

LIZ Truss’s proposals to pursue more nuclear power and allow fracking are “negligently wrong-headed and dangerously short-sighted”,…

The National (Scotland)

$Environmentalists vow to step up protests after PM candidates both back fracking$

Environmentalists vow to step up protests after PM candidates both back fracking

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have vowed to step up protests following the appointment of the new prime minister, over fears the pledges of Cop26 are…

The National (Scotland)

Unions call for Liz Truss to ‘come clean’ over plans to change workers’ rights

Frontrunner to become next PM reportedly considering review of protections including 48-hour working week

The Guardian - UK

$Liz Truss ‘to lift fracking ban within days of becoming leader to boost UK energy supplies’$

Liz Truss ‘to lift fracking ban within days of becoming leader to boost UK energy supplies’

With only days left until the winner of the Tory leadership race is announced, Ms Truss remains the overwhelming favourite to succeed Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

Fracking and cost-of-living believed to be first targets for Truss if PM - OLD

With only days left until the winner of the Tory leadership race is announced, Ms Truss remains the overwhelming favourite to succeed Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

$Johnson takes swipe at Truss over fracking as he confirms £700m backing for nuclear plant$

Johnson takes swipe at Truss over fracking as he confirms £700m backing for nuclear plant

Controversial technology ‘not a panacea’, PM warns his successor

The Independent UK

$Johnson takes swipe at Truss plans for fracking and North Sea drilling$

Johnson takes swipe at Truss plans for fracking and North Sea drilling

Outgoing leader hails £700m funding for Sizewell C nuclear plant in penultimate speech

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson at odds with Liz Truss as he labels fracking claims ‘dubious’

The Foreign Secretary has offered strong indications that she would lift the ban on fracking if she becomes PM next week.

ABC News

Plans to mine Northern Territory sand for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

A company has revealed plans to mine sand in the Northern Territory. It is also exploring for silica sand, which it says could be sold to Asian countries for solar panel production.

The Conversation

South Africa's proposed fracking regulations should do more to protect groundwater

South Africa is extremely water scarce, and water supply will become more challenging in the future. The population and economy are growing, increasing demand. Rainfall is variable and more extreme and prolonged droughts are expected because of climate change. More than 80% of South Africa’s available surface water resources are…

The National (Scotland)

Truss-backer Lord Frost in call to ditch 'medieval' renewables and embrace fracking

A PROMINENT supporter of Liz Truss has called on the next prime minister to stop focusing on offshore windfarms and pour money into fracking…

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Pennsylvania man whose life was destroyed by fracking urges Irish Government to block Shannon LNG

'We never had cancer or anything like that before and in one year we had over 13 people diagnosed with cancer... all within a mile of my house'

ABC News

Channel Country advisory group outcomes about gas exploration and fracking remain secret

Almost 12 months after the Queensland government quietly granted oil and gas leases in the environmentally sensitive Channel Country, there are calls for the outcome of stakeholder meetings to be made public.

Irish Mirror

Mark Ruffalo gets behind campaign against planned LNG facility on Shannon estuary in Kerry

'Ireland rightly banned fracking because of the environmental and public health impacts and should reject this terminal for those very same reasons'

Tribune News Service

Can environmental violations define oil and gas companies as bad actors? A judgment awaits

PITTSBURGH — On the evening of July 19, when Allegheny County Council met to override Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of a fracking ban in county parks, council members were shown a black-and-white video of natural gas rushing from a well in Boyce Park.

ABC News

Beetaloo Basin stakeholders in the dark over Senate inquiry's final report examining fracking

The outcome of a Senate inquiry into a Northern Territory gas field is uncertain following months-long delays and the commencement of a new federal parliament.

Los Angeles Times

Federal government suspends new drilling and fracking leases on public lands in Central California

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that the state has reached a settlement with the federal government to halt new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California until the potential risks to public health and the environment are adequately assessed.

ABC News

Fracking watchdog says NT still lacking federal government commitment on Beetaloo Basin emissions promise

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets.

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