Labour has pledged to ban fracking “once and for all”, calling it “an unjust charter for earthquakes”, and is reportedly working to try to force the government to change its policies.
Ed Miliband, the shadow climate secretary, is scheduled to visit Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, on Friday to meet the party's candidate Jo White and residents to listen to concerns about the possibility of fracking in their area.
"Labour will stand with communities in opposing the Conservatives' dodgy plans to impose expensive, dirty, and dangerous fracking on the British people," he said.
“Fracking would make no difference to energy prices, and could risk the health of local communities, nature, and water supplies.”
Fracking is the process of hydraulic fracturing, which uses high-pressure liquid to release gas from shale formations. The technology was originally banned by the Conservatives in 2019 after a series of tremors, and their manifesto that yea...