The Government Committee on Climate Change report released today, article from The Guardian, Damian Carrington, Thursday 7 July 2016 below.
Government advisers also say more action would be needed to cut emissions in other areas to cope with full-scale fracking
Shale gas production will break the UK’s climate change targets unless there is stricter regulation now, according to the government’s official advisers.
More action to cut carbon emissions in other areas would also be needed to cope with full-scale fracking, despite the government already struggling to meet existing commitments.
But the government says it will take no regulatory action in response to the report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), arguing that the current regime is “adaptive” and will change if fracking companies go into full scale production. It says it is important to take advantage of the “fantastic opportunity” of fracking and that it is determined to meet its carbon targets.
