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This afternoon Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will lay out the Scottish Government’s latest policy on unconventional gas and fracking. This follows a new policy for a moratorium on the industry…
The UK Government today defeated moves by cross party MPs to introduce a moratorium on unconventional gas and fracking in a tense series of votes on the Infrastructure Bill. The…
Reacting to today’s damning report on fracking from Westminster’s influential Environmental Audit Committee, Mary Church, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “The MPs on the Environmental…
Commenting on the news that the SNP will vote in favour of a moratorium on unconventional gas and fracking when the Infrastructure Bill is debated in Westminster on Monday, Friends…
Commenting on the news that Scottish Labour would introduce a moratorium on shale gas fracking if elected in 2016, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Head of Campaigns Mary Church said:…
Commenting on Fergus Ewing’s statement this evening calling for the UK Government not to issue any more onshore oil and gas licenses in Scotland until full powers in this area…
In a significant move today, backbench MPs opposed to the UK Government’s dash for fracked gas have brought the issue to a head by forcing a vote for a moratorium…
Campaigners have welcomed today’s publication of the draft Low Emission Strategy but caution that the plan for clean air will be undeliverable without full funding. [1] Friends of the Earth…
In a surprise move today the UK Government proposed to exempt Scotland from provisions in its own Infrastructure Bill which take away the right of property owners to stop fracking…
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