Cuadrilla vows to address earthquake concerns to lift fracking moratorium

Business secretary Andrea Leadsom announced on Saturday that earthquakes at Preston New Road, the UK’s only active fracking site, led the government to conclude “that we should put a moratorium on fracking in England with immediate effect”.

The moratorium will only be lifted if “compelling new evidence is provided” that fracking can be carried out safely, the government said. The announcement followed a report published by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) on Friday warning that the magnitude of earthquakes triggered by fracking is impossible to predict.