Miatta Fahnbulleh appointed energy secretary
Miatta Fahnbulleh has been appointed secretary of state for energy security and net zero in the new Andy Burnham government. She replaces Ed Miliband, who has become foreign secretary.
Greater Manchester major shale gas region announces presumption against fracking
Greater Manchester announced a policy this morning which would have the effect of blocking fracking across one of the UK’s major shale gas regions.
Updated: Report corrected after falsely accusing anti-fracking campaigners of “grooming” 14-year-old boy
Update 29/8/2018: See section headed Swapping fracking at the bottom of this post. A report published today on social cohesion in Greater Manchester has been rewritten this evening after it emerged that a case study falsely accused anti-fracking activists of “grooming” a 14-year-old boy.
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger to speak at tomorrow’s anti-fracking rally
The human rights advocate, Bianca Jagger, is on the line-up of speakers at a national anti-fracking rally in Manchester tomorrow.
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