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Labour brings in Bill to ban shale gas drilling in Scotland
SCOTTISH LABOUR will try to ban fracking based on “irrefutable” scientific evidence that shale gas extraction damages the environment.
People across Scotland are rightly concerned about the potential health implications of unconventional oil and gas extraction, said Labour environment spokeswoman Claudia Beamish as she announced that the party would introduce a Bill to stop it.
“This is about Scotland’s future, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the condition we leave our planet in for our children and our grandchildren.”
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