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Government could allow higher ‘seismic limits’ at fracking sites, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests
Liz Truss’s government could allow higher levels of seismic activity at shale gas drilling sites as it lifts the ban on fracking, Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested.
A moratorium on the controversial process of mining gas and oil from shale rock was lifted on Thursday, 22 September.
“The seismic limits will be reviewed to see a proportionate level. 0.5 on the Richter scale, which is only noticeable with sophisticated machinery, it is quite right that fracking would not take place – that level is too low,” Mr Rees-Mogg told BBC Newsnight.
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