Scotland's Economy

Fracking moratorium welcomed

January 30, 2015 by Fergus Ewing MSP No Comments | Category Uncategorized

I totally understand that those with different perspectives in the debate on unconventional oil and gas have strongly held views, but I very much welcome the positive and constructive welcome from both industry interests and from environmental organisations to the Scottish Government’s announcement of a full public consultation and a moratorium on unconventional oil and gas.

As I informed Parliament we will set out the timetable for the programme of work on unconventional oil and gas in due course. However as a precursor to that myself and fellow Ministers are happy to have a series of meeting with both industry representatives and environmental organisations to further discuss this issue.

Our approach in Scotland is to build consensus where possible, not to create confrontation, and provide a right to take part in a consultation.

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