UK Shale Gas Firm Slams PM Sunak for Restoring Fracking Ban

UK Shale Gas Firm Slams PM Sunak for Restoring Fracking Ban
The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road. Danny Lawson/PA
Alexander Zhang
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The chief executive of the UK’s first shale gas company has criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to restore the ban on fracking, saying it “beggars belief.”

Fracking, which has been effectively banned in the UK since 2019, is a sensitive issue for the ruling Conservative Party.