Progress: Truss lifts fracking ban

The newly-appointed Conservative prime minister made the announcement Thursday, explaining that she will allow oil and gas developers to request permission from the government to increase domestic fuel supplies.

Truss said that her hope is that fracking operations will start in the next six months and is approving 100 new exploration licenses for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

“We will make sure that the U.K. is a net energy exporter by 2040,” Truss told parliament. “We are supporting this country through this winter and next, and tackling the root causes of high prices so we are never in the same position again.”