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Sep 8 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
We do not support #fracking in the UK because of
a) the potential for negative environmental impacts
b) it does not reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and
c) it does not help to reduce household bills (1/4)
The Government’s own advisers stated just yesterday that fracking will do nothing to reduce household energy bills. New development of fracking sites will also lock in expensive fossil fuel-dependent infrastructure for decades (2/4)
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The PM has gone against her elected mandate with today's announcement. The Conservative 2019 manifesto pledged a continued moratorium on fracking... ‘We will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely’. (2/4).
We are witnessing severe and escalating impacts from climate change, on nature and people. Global emissions must reach net zero to halt climate change, but have not even started to drop yet. That is a bleak picture, and fracking is not going to help. (4/4)
The Government needs to publish urgently the @BritGeoSurvey review of the latest scientific evidence on the environmental impacts from fracking. The report was given to @beisgovuk in July but has still not been released.

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