Reacting to Labour’s Green Plan, published today, Friends of the Earth’s head of politics Liz Hutchins said: “Labour’s green vision contains a number of encouraging policies. Making the insulation of cold homes a national infrastructure priority is particularly welcome; fixing our heat-leaking homes will save lives, create jobs and slash fuel bills.
“But Labour is still wrong to support fracking. Although it’s promise that fracking won’t undermine UK climate change commitments is a step forward, it should at least commit to a total moratorium until government climate experts report on the risks next year.
“The party should stop trying to balance support for fossil fuels and renewables and recognise that a transition away from dirty energy is what’s urgently required.”
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1. Labour launches Green Plan.
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