MPs call for fracking halt after 36 seismic events in only two weeks

Concern grows as tremors increase

New demands for fracking to be stopped have been made after the 36th tremor since the shale gas firm Cuadrilla starting hydraulic fracturing last month.

A tremor of 0.7 in magnitude was recorded by the British Geological Survey on Sunday.

5 Lancashire MPs, including Blackpool’s Gordon Marsden, have written to the energy secretary to call for a cessation in view of the unprecedented amount of tremors. Mr Marsden’s letter states: “The Government must accept in light of recent seismic activity, that at the very least it would be just and right to halt fracking at this site and place a moratorium on fracking … until people can be fully assured there will be no more man-made earthquakes.”

The other MPs who signed the letter include Rosie Cooper of West Lancashire, Mark Hendrick of Preston, Cat Smith from Lancaster and Fleetwood, Kate Hollern from Blackburn, Julie Cooper from Burnley, plus Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long Bailey.

The MPs point out that there have been 36-and-counting seismic events in only two weeks. This is unacceptable they say and have insisted that central government should implement an immediate fracking suspension.

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