Majority of MEPs support fracking moratorium in symbolic vote
MEPs in Strasbourg vote 338 to 319 in favour of moratorium on
hydraulic fracturing for shale until is proven safe – but vote will have
no practical effect
Protests against fracking for shale in London. Anti-fracking
parliamentarians in Europe have won a symbolic vote against fracking.
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
