Hydraulic fracturing
Anne-Marie Trevelyan also fought against wind farm developments in her rural constituency in northern England.
The government has "put a moratorium on fracking in England", said energy secretary Andrea Leadsom.
Labour’s shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey has called for fracking to be banned.
Operations were paused for 18 hours after the 1.55 magnitude tremor.
Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, is a process in which water and chemicals are injected into rocks at high pressure to extract gas. While plans to extract shale gas in the UK have stalled for the last seven years, companies are pushing for exploratory drilling to continue. Protestors have stopped progress at many sites around the UK and continue to call for all fracking plans to be stopped due to concerns about the environment, particularly drinking water and pollution.
This government should tread carefully when radicalising the middle class – history has myriad lessons for Theresa May’s administration but this is one they should heed