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United Kingdom: Hundreds protest against proposed fracking site in Lancashire
2015-06-23 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of people protested against a proposed fracking site in Lancashire on Tuesday, as the county council considered whether to approve the project. Over 450 people massed outside the county hall in Preston while Lancashire County Council listened to representations for and against Cuadrillas bid to frack at Preston New Road in Little Plumpton, between Preston and Blackpool. Last week the councils planning officers advised members to approve Cuadrillas bid to start fracking at the site,...
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Bid for UK's fracking return debated
2015-06-23 06:40:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A bid to start the UK's first fracking operation in four years near the Lancashire coast will be scrutinised later.
Bid for UK's fracking return debated
2015-06-23 06:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An application to start the first fracking operation in the UK for four years is being considered by a council. Energy firm Cuadrilla wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood on the Fylde Coast, in Lancashire. The county council is considering the bid, after fracking was suspended in the UK in 2011. Protests were held outside the hearing in Preston where 70 people - for and against fracking - will be speaking. The application for Little Plumpton was recommended...
Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in Drinking Water Texas Fracking Sites
2015-06-22 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On June 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report on how fracking for oil and gas can impact access to safe drinking water. Although the report claims not to have found any widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States, a new study in Texas provides more evidence that contamination of drinking water from fracking might be occurring. A research team at the University of Texas at Arlington has published a peer-reviewed study, A Comprehensive...
Fracking: campaigners urge Lancashire council to approve Cuadrilla plans
2015-06-22 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Rejecting plans for test fracking in Lancashire would send a message that the county was not open for business and investment, a coalition of local businesses, academics, farmers and students has warned. Members of the North West Energy Task Force said it would be a missed opportunity to create jobs and significantly boost the local economy. The campaign group spoke out on the eve of the beginning of the decision-making process on proposals by shale company Cuadrilla for two sites between Preston...
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