In an energy policy address to the UK House of Commons Thursday, new Prime Minister Liz Truss said the government would lift the ban in England to drill using hydraulic fracturing to boost domestic shale natural gas development.

“Secure energy supply is vital to growth and prosperity,” said Truss. “Yet it has been ignored for too long. I will end the UK’s short-termist approach to energy security and supply once and for all.”

The government, said Truss, who took office this week, aims to create “a stable environment that gives investors the confidence to back gas as part of our transition to net zero.”

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