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United Kingdom: No place for mob rule over fracking
2013-08-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: When British energy company Cuadrilla announced that it was going to start exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the outskirts of the sleepy West Sussex village of Balcombe, the residents were understandably concerned -- and they voiced their objections in a peaceful and responsible manner. They set up gazebos and bunting at the roadside; there was tea, music and even a cricket match. But then a hard core of outside activists turned up who transformed the protest into something quite different....
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United Kingdom: Anti-oil drilling and fracking demonstration: Crowds to march through Balcombe
2013-08-18 05:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Metro: Campaigners will attempt to get their voices heard today, when a legion of impassioned activists take to the streets in protest against gas and oil exploration in the English countryside. Anti-fracking and oil drilling demonstrators will march at 3pm in Balcombe, West Sussex, the town near to a site on which energy firm, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, is hoping to stage a test drill. Masses of environmental activists, local Sussex residents and even perhaps a few celebrities Vivienne Westwood was...
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Was United Technologies to Blame for Boeing's Latest Issue?
2013-08-17 22:55:54| Paper - Topix.net
On Friday, a unit of United Technologies Corp. took responsibility for assembly errors in engine-fire extinguishing systems that caused a round of inspections for Boeing Co.
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United Kingdom: Middle England and the eco-warriors say victory is theirs in the battle for Balcombe
2013-08-17 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some had travelled the length of the country, determined to fortify the new frontline in the ongoing struggle to shape Britain's future energy supply. By Saturday, hundreds of protesters had convened in a camp straddling the B2306 outside the village of Balcombe. Many are prepared to dig in for what has been described as a six-day campaign of "civil disobedience". Few aligned to the burgeoning No Dash For Gas anti-fracking coalition are contemplating anything other than victory, an assessment...
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United Kingdom: 1,000s expected to converge on Balcombe as fracking protests continue
2013-08-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Hundreds of demonstrators have arrived at an anti-fracking protest camp in West Sussex on Saturday, swelling numbers on the second day of a proposed six day protest. Police and the protest organisers No Dash for Gas anticipate up to 1,000 activists joining the anti-fracking demonstrations at the Balcombe camp as it emerged earlier today that the cost of policing the operation has risen to nearly 750,000. Demonstrators will join the six-day Reclaim the Power Camp on the outskirts of the West...
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