Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Local Authorities should support steps to stop fracking locally and nationally. As well as ending fracking at home, they should also stop investing in companies fracking elsewhere in the world.
To open up a new source of fossil fuels would run counter to the Scottish Government’s efforts to be a world leader on climate action. Therefore, the only reasonable course of action for the Scottish Government is to ban all forms of unconventional oil and gas extraction.
Briefing of key issues and concerns regarding fracking and unconventional gas
Scottish Environment LINK’s detailed submission to the Scottish Government consultation on transport impacts from fracking.
Why opening up a new frontier of fossil fuels is incompatible with our fight against climate change.
Gas drilling and fracking can contaminate water, cause air pollution and are linked to serious public health risks.