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Green group launches legal action against fracking decision in North Yorkshire
2016-07-06 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live News: Environmental campaigners have appealed against North Yorkshire County Councils decision to allow fracking. In May, the council approved Third Energy`s application to extract shale gas near the North York Moors National Park in Ryedale. Friends of the Earth has sent an application to the High Court for a judicial review of the decision following a letter it sent to the council saying it would take legal action. It said the council failed to properly assess climate change as it didnt consider...
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United Kingdom: Yorkshire fracking approval may be unlawful, campaigners say
2016-06-10 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-fracking campaigners have claimed that a decision to allow energy companies to drill for shale gas in Yorkshire could be challenged in court. The fracking firm Third Energy was given permission last month to carry out test drilling at a site in Kirby Misperton in Rydale, North Yorkshire, even after locals opposed the application. Friends of the Earth and a local campaign group, Frack Free Ryedale, have written to North Yorkshire county council claiming the decision could be illegal. They...
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Fracking wins battle in Yorkshire but not the war
2016-05-24 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For those backing fracking, the approval of exploration plans at Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire is a vital victory. But the war is far from won, with public opinion moving ever further against fracking. The more zealously the government goes on the offensive on shale gas, the more people oppose it. David Cameron pledged the government was going all out for shale, George Osborne told ministers to make fracking a personal priority and grant shale gas company asks and the government has promised...
500,000 tree-planting project helped Yorkshire miss winter floods
2016-04-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tree planting and other natural approaches have prevented flooding at Pickering in North Yorkshire over Christmas, at a time when heavy rainfall caused devastating flooding across the region. An analysis of the Slowing the Flow scheme published on Wednesday concludes that the measures reduced peak river flow by 15-20% at a time when 50mm of rain fell on sodden ground in 36 hours. The scheme was set up in 2009 after the town had suffered four serious floods in 10 years, with the flooding in 2007...
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15/06/2016 - BIFM North Region - Sheffield and South Yorkshire Group - A Hot Topic
2016-03-22 13:18:22| BIFM Events
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