The Green Party today welcomed the Environmental Audit
Committee report calling for a moratorium on Fracking in the UK. The Report
said Fracking is incompatible with UK policy to reduce carbon emissions to
address climate change. The report also raised significant concerns about the
potential impact on the local environment such as the pollution of groundwater.
The Greens have been the leading political party supporting grassroots
movements opposing fracking in communities.
Cllr Andrew Cooper, Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for
Huddersfield said
“Green Councillors were ahead of the curve when we
successfully proposed a motion calling for no fracking within the Kirklees
Council boundaries. What we need now is a clear response from all Westminster
parties to the report. Currently only the Green Party among UK wide political
parties opposes fracking in line with the views of this Parliamentary
Committee which is independent of Government”
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