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Thursday 13 Apr 2017
Gareth Redmond-King, Head of Energy
and Climate at WWF commented on the High Court decision
“This government is keen on people having the final
say on wind farms, but not so much when it comes to fracking. This decision clearly flies in the face of
the will of local people in Lancashire. Their voices have been loud and clear
on this issue - that unconventional oil and gas are neither good for people nor
the planet - and this view has been woefully ignored. Rather than fracking, the
UK Government needs to focus investment in innovative, low carbon technologies
to provide for our energy needs.
“They really have to set out how we will reach the
UK’s emissions targets – they need to publish their plan to reduce emissions.
Fracking will not help us reach these carbon targets – in fact, it hinders it,
by opening up a new source of fossil fuels when what we most need to do is
leave most of the world’s remaining gas, coal and oil in the ground.”
Notes:
Public support for fracking vs renewables: only 18% of
those surveyed as part of BEIS’s most recent public attitudes tracker said they
supported fracking vs 74% support for renewables
The committee on climate change is clear that without
much stricter conditions the UK cannot frack and stay within our carbon
budgets. https://www.theccc.org.uk/2016/07/07/exploitation-of-onshore-petroleum-requires-three-key-tests-to-be-met-ccc-says/
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