Rejected petition parliament to issue licences for the extraction of gas by fracking

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand you want fracking licenses to be issued, however it's not clear which projects you want such licenses to be granted to. In any case, we can't accept petitions which call for action in respect of individual businesses, including petitions calling for specified operators of energy generating facilities be granted a fracking license.

You might like to sign these petitions which call for related actions:

'End the ban on fracking': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/608745

'Commit to UK natural gas and increase investment': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/608274

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

• Date submitted 8 March 2022
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