FRACKING opponents have welcomed Fergus Ewing’s removal from the Scottish Government’s energy brief and called on his successor Keith Brown to ban the gas extraction technology. Ewing, who was yesterday promoted from energy minister to Rural Affairs Secretary, angered environmentalists including some SNP members when he announced a moratorium on fracking last year with the caveat “we should never close our minds to the potential opportunities of new technologies”.
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