Jacob Rees-Mogg dismisses ‘hysteria’ over fracking as ban ends
by Peter Walker and Aubrey Allegretti from Environment | The Guardian on (#63XSP)
Energy secretary tells MPs that quakes of 2.5 on Richter scale are routine natural phenomenon
Opposition to fracking is based around hysteria" and the public not understanding the Richter scale for seismic activity, Jacob Rees-Mogg has told MPs, after formally lifting the ban on drilling for shale gas in England.
The business and energy secretary told the Commons that the previous limit on the extent of potential earthquake activity caused by fracking - 0.5 on the Richter scale - was too low, and that quakes of 2.5 were a perfectly routine natural phenomenon globally.
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