The Scottish government said on Tuesday that it wants to extend a current moratorium on fracking into a permanent full ban , with a final vote likely taking place at the Scottish Parliament later this year. “I can confirm that the decision of the Scottish Government is that we will not support the development of unconventional oil and gas in Scotland,” Scotland’s Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse told the Scottish Parliament today. In January 2015, the Scottish Government put in place a moratorium on granting consents for unconventional oil and gas developments in Scotland. Back then, the government promised to undertake further research on potential impacts before holding a full public consultation. The consultation ran from January 31 to May 31, 2017, and received more than 60,000 responses, the government said. Today, Minister Wheelhouse told the Parliament that 99 percent of respondents in the consultation were against fracking. The ministers […]