WORLD INFORMATIONS: Fracking banned in UK as government makes major U-turn. Ministers also warned shale gas companies it would not support future fracking projects This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 83%. (I'm a bot) The government has banned fracking with immediate effect in a watershed moment for environmentalists and community activists. The government said it would not agree to any future fracking "Until compelling new evidence is provided" that proves fracking could be safe. The ban marks a major U-turn for the Conservative party and the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who once referred to fracking as "Glorious news for humanity" and urged the UK to "Leave no stone unturned, or unfracked" in pursuit of shale gas. The government ended its support for the struggling industry less than a week after a damning report from Whitehall's spending watchdog found its plans to establish fracking across the UK was dragging years behind schedule and had cost the taxpayer at least £32m so far without producing any energy in return. "When the Tory government overruled local democratic decisions to halt fracking, communities did not give up. When fracking protesters went to jail, communities did not give up. And now they have forced the government to U-turn." The government revealed its fracking ban alongside plans for a major review of the UK's transition to a green economy. Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: fracking#1 government#2 gas#3 local#4 shale#5 Post found in /r/Futurology, /r/unitedkingdom, /r/ClimateActionPlan, /r/ClimateOffensive, /r/energy, /r/UpliftingNews, /r/climate, /r/ukpolitics, /r/ExtinctionRebellion, /r/Scotland, /r/worldnews, /r/worldpolitics, /r/EcoNewsNetwork, /r/technology, /r/environment, /r/news, /r/ClimateChaos, /r/TopScience, /r/UKNewsByABot, /r/GUARDIANauto, /r/oil, /r/bprogramming, /r/AutoNewspaper, /r/TheColorIsBlue and /r/RedditSample. NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here.