FRACKING: HARVIE DESCRIBES LIBDEM DECISION AS A GUDDLE
Responding to the news that the Lib Dems have agreed to campaign to have the current moratorium on fracking lifted, Patrick Harvie MSP, Economy and Energy spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, said:
“This is a classic Lib Dem guddle, and will leave many of their remaining supporters even more disillusioned. Just days ago Willie Rennie told an audience in Glasgow that his party would try to ban fracking even though they agreed to back fracking at their conference three years ago; now he’ll have to campaign for the moratorium to be lifted.
“Scotland can ban fracking and coal gasification now with the powers we have and only the Scottish Greens have consistently called for a permanent ban to protect our communities and our climate. With the Scottish Government failing to rule it out, and Labour continuing to sit on the fence, it is clear that more Green voices are needed at Holyrood to kill off this dangerous distraction so Scotland can invest in sustainable industries to create the jobs of the future.”
LIBDEMS CONFIRM IRRELEVANCE, BACKING NUCLEAR AND FRACKING (September 2013)