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United Kingdom: Michael Fallon defends fracking comments
2013-08-04 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Energy minister Michael Fallon has defended comments about fracking, in which he appeared to suggest the process would affect those living near gas drilling sites. Mr Fallon told a private meeting it would test "how thick their rectory walls are" and "whether they like the flaring at the end of the drive". In the past, he has described shale gas as an "exciting new energy resource". The Tory minister told the BBC his latest comments were "light hearted". His remarks, reported in the Mail...
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Recent Study: United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
2013-08-04 06:39:29| Grocery - Topix.net
UNFI carries out distribution of natural, organic and foods and non-food products, consisting of national brand, regional brand, private label and master distribution products, across six product categories including produce, grocery and general merchandise, nutritional supplements, bulk and food service products, perishables and frozen foods, and ... (more)
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United Kingdom: Fracking boss Francis Egan receives bomb threat over shale gas exploration
2013-08-04 06:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Francis Egan, the chief executive of Cuadrilla, has send he was send an email threatening to bomb his company headquarters if he did not cease activities in the UK. Cuadrilla announced that it has started as exploratory drilling began at a site in Balcombe, West Sussex, despite anti-fracking protests by local people and activists from across the UK. Villages across the UK have said that they will block any attempts to drill in the wake of the Balcombe protests. Writing in the Mail on Sunday...
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United Kingdom: Why the 'dash for gas' has got off to a false start
2013-08-04 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For all the talk of a dash for gas, the government-backed race for a new generation of power stations has had few willing participants thus far. So the suggestion last week by the chief executive of Drax, the UK's biggest coal-fired power station, that she might invest in new gas plants was a surprise. Nonetheless, her words were hedged with a caution shared by the rest of the energy industry. "We could start to look at it. But it would depend very much on the details of the government's energy market...
United Kingdom: Lib Dem president Tim Farron warns fracking could harm countryside 'for decades'
2013-08-03 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In the first major attack on fracking by a leading member of the Coalition, Tim Farron, the Lib Dems' president, said he was "greatly worried' by the Government's "dash for shale gas' and that he would lobby for measures that would severely limit its potential development. Mr Farron's views clash strongly with those of Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary and a fellow Lib Dem. Mr Davey has said he is "excited' about the secure supply of energy and thousands of jobs that shale-gas extraction could create....
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