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United Kingdom: Lancashire council defers Cuadrilla fracking decision
2015-01-28 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Planning decisions on the UKs full scale fracking have been deferred for eight weeks by Lancashire county council (LCC), which was due to decide this week on two proposals from shale gas explorer Cuadrilla. But after council planning officers recommended last week that permission should be refused on the grounds of unnacceptable noise and heavy truck traffic, Cuadrilla submitted revised proposals. LCCs chief legal adviser said on Wednesday that these proposals were substantive and therefore...
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United Kingdom: A county divided: is Lancashire ready for its fracking revolution?
2015-01-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Robert Sanderson, a strapping dairy farmer, is standing in his muddy yard. He is in tears. Sandersons family and his Lancashire farm have, thanks to geological chance, ended up on the frontline of fracking in the UK. Ive never wanted to do anything but farm, says Sanderson, part of the third generation of his family to farm near Kirkham. All my young lad dreams about is farming. Last night he said to me, When I grow up I want to have the biggest tractor in the world. How can they just take...
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United Kingdom: Regulators grant environmental permits Lancashire fracking site
2015-01-16 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A proposed site for controversial fracking for shale gas has been granted environmental permits by regulators. The permits set out the conditions that shale company Cuadrilla must follow to protect groundwater, surface water and air quality and safely manage and dispose of waste at Preston New Road, Plumpton, in Lancashire, the Environment Agency said. It is one of two new sites in Lancashire where Cuadrilla is seeking permission to drill, frack and test gas exploration wells, with Lancashire...
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Retired East Lancashire cancer victim in asbestos work claim
2014-12-03 19:52:36| Biotech - Topix.net
A RETIRED maintenance man, who blames his devastating lung cancer on exposure to asbestos at a factory, has launched a High Court damages claim. Andrew Smith, 64, worked for Johnson and Johnson and its successor Systagenix Wound Management Limited for 40 years between 1970 and 2010.
United Kingdom: Thousands to protest against fracking in Lancashire
2014-08-15 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: From his bedroom Rod Knight can see the field which campaigners claim could be the first commercial fracking site in Britain. Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer three years ago and after a lifetime in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, he says he is not a natural protester. But he does fear the arrival of energy company Cuadrilla and the potentially devastating impact it might have on his kennels business, his life and his property which he believes had already suffered cracks as a result...
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