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<p>Responsibility for formulating and overseeing regulation of the shale gas industry
has been transferred to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
The Department will fulfil the same role previously undertaken by the Department of
Energy and Climate Energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that shale
development must be safe and environmentally sound. The Royal Society and Royal Academy
of Engineering concluded that risks can be managed if industry follows best practice
enforced by regulation <strong>[1]</strong>. We already have one of the most robust
regulatory regimes in the world for shale gas and we will look to continuously improve
it as the industry develops.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em>
The Royal Society and The Royal Academy of Engineers, Shale gas extraction in the
UK: a review of hydraulic fracturing, 2012</em></p>
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