UK Prime Minister Liz Truss ended England’s ban on fracking on Thursday, opening the door to domestic shale gas production amid a European energy crisis. The return of fracking is just one part of a larger energy and economy plan that Truss is pursuing in her first weeks in office. Her government has also announced a national freeze on household energy prices, a plan that will cost the government tens of billions. Under Truss’s plan, household energy costs would be capped at $2,900 a year, after rising to $4,100 in 2022. The UK and other European countries have faced a worsening energy crisis due to heavy reliance on oil and gas imports from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has curbed exports to Europe after NATO countries imposed tough economic sanctions on the county over its invasion of Ukraine. PIERCE MORGAN WARNS NEW UK PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRASS: ‘WE WILL BE VERY UNSORRY IF YOU FAIL US’ Liz Truss meets supporters at a Conservative Party leadership election in Birmingham, England, August 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin has severely limited energy exports to Europe. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) LIZ TRUSS BECOMES UK PRIME MINISTER, BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH The UK initially banned fracking in 2019, but could resume domestic production as early as March 2023. The energy crisis has prompted the UK and several of its European neighbors to reconsider shutting down nuclear power. Germany created loopholes in its plan to close its last factories last week, allowing two to reopen if needed. Belgium, meanwhile, planned to shut down two reactors by 2025, but will now keep them open until 2036. France is seeking to build an additional 14 reactors over the coming decades. The UK, The Czech Republic, Poland and others are also planning entirely new reactors. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP However, nuclear power is the cleanest and most efficient source of energy currently available damage to some plants have caused some to fear the method. The most problematic part of it nuclear energy production is the safe disposal of spent fuel rods, which remain highly radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years.
