UK Government Orders Scientific Review on Fracking as Energy Crisis Bites

UK Government Orders Scientific Review on Fracking as Energy Crisis Bites
Undated handout file photo of the Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire, United Kingdom. Cuadrilla/PA
Alexander Zhang
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The British government has ordered a review of the latest scientific evidence on fracking amid calls for lifting the ban on the practice to alleviate the energy crisis which has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The government on Tuesday commissioned the British Geological Survey to advise on the latest scientific evidence around shale gas extraction, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy said in a statement.