SNP to challenge UK Government on fracking 14 November 2014 Welcoming SNP plans to oppose UK plans to make fracking easier, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: The UK Government has ignored over 99% of responses to its consultation, and the objection of the Scottish Government, that the removal of peoples rights to object to fracking underneath their homes is simply unacceptable. We welcome the SNP’s plans to oppose sections of the UK Infrastructure Bill which would give the fracking industry carte blanche to drill where-ever they like, and to leave toxic drilling and fracking chemicals behind. It will be very interesting to see how Labour and LibDem MPs vote on these issues. “Cameron and Osbornes blinkered dash for gas risks putting the UK on course for climate catastrophe and endangers the health and wellbeing of communities across central and southern Scotland. We urge the Scottish Government to go further and use their existing powers to ban all forms of unconventional fossil fuel extraction in Scotland.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:38:23 +0000
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