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United Kingdom: Demonstrators celebrate Lancashire fracking licence rejected

2015-06-29 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Anti-fracking protesters cheer outside County Hall in Preston as news emerges that an application to frack in the area has been rejected. On Monday Lancashire County Council turned down a planning request to allow fracking on a site near Little Plumpton, prompting campaigners to parade through Preston city centre in celebration.

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Atlantic Petroleum to pull-out of Statoil-operated licence in Norwegian Sea

2015-05-28 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Atlantic Petroleum has announced its withdrawal from Statoil-operated licence PL602 in the Norwegian Sea.

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Australia: Moses and Paul Obeid targeted by ACCC over Hunter coal licence

2015-05-25 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Two members of the Obeid family are facing legal action in the federal court over alleged rigging of the tender for the Mount Penny coal exploration licence in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales. Moses and Paul Obeid, sons of the former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid, and three prominent businessmen are the target of civil proceedings launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The action follows Icacs findings in 2013 that the process to grant exploration...

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