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Sputnik
16.05.2017
The UK Labour Party will ban
fracking in case it wins the snap general election in June.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The UK Labour Party, should it wins
the snap general election in June, will ban fracking, the party's manifesto,
launched Tuesday, said.
"Labour will ban fracking
because it would lock us into an energy infrastructure based on fossil fuels,
long after the point in 2030 when the Committee on Climate Change says gas in
the UK must sharply decline," the manifesto unveiled by Labour's leader
Jeremy Corbyn read.
People across the United Kingdom has long been
protesting against fracking activities, in particular in Lancashire region.
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a technology that
allows extracting shale hydrocarbons by injecting pressurized toxic liquid into
the ground. Fracking has been largely criticized by its opponents for the risks
posed to environment and people's health, as well as for the tremors caused by
the technology….
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