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Labour Proposes Permanent Fracking Ban Amid Environmental Concerns
10/3/2025
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- Labour plans to permanently ban fracking, announced by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband at Labour Party Conference.
- Since 2019, a moratorium on fracking exists due to earthquakes and water contamination.
- Miliband says fracking harms the environment and won’t lower bills or create jobs.
- Activists will mobilize in nearly 200 constituencies to oppose fracking; Friends of the Earth backs the ban.
