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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Taylor and Damien Gayle

‘A broken system’: campaigners urge Liz Truss to rethink energy plan

Tthe Cuadrilla hydraulic fracturing site at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire.
The Cuadrilla shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. Liz Truss announced plans on Thursday to increase North Sea oil and gas extraction and lift the ban on fracking. Photograph: Cuadrilla/PA

Climate justice activists, poverty campaigners and trade unionists have vowed to take to the streets and occupy key sites next month to oppose the UK government’s energy and cost of living plans.

Protesters say they are planning to step up their campaigns in an effort to stop Liz Truss’s government doubling down on oil and gas extraction, which experts say will do little to help the cost of living crisis while exacerbating the climate emergency.

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