Global Witness senior investigator, Jon Noronha-Gant said:
"The government's decision to ban fracking is a win for people over polluters.
Fracking is a dirty fossil fuel drilling method that exposes people to earthquakes, water pollution and more planet-wrecking emissions.
Aside from destroying our environment, we also know that it wouldn't give the UK more jobs, cash or security - unlike its renewable energy counterparts. Any party would be senseless to back fracking."