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United Kingdom: Manchester fracking protesters park bus across IGas drilling site
2013-12-18 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardiak: Anti-fracking protesters trying to stop an oil drilling operations in Salford have parked a bus across the site. The campaigning group Platform said that there were five people locked to the bus, which is reportedly blocking the entrance at the Barton Moss site run by IGas. The action follows a similar one on Monday, when protesters temporarily blocked the heavily fortified site by dumping a 17-metre wind turbine blade. The blade was subsequently removed. Wednesday's protest comes as a government-commissioned...
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United Kingdom Food and Drink Report Q1 2014
2013-12-18 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
United Kingdom Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent for
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United Kingdom: Government hails fracking report as step towards unlocking shale gas "prize"
2013-12-17 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government has once again welcomed the "exciting prospect" presented by the UK's nascent shale gas industry, after a major new independent report predicted new fracking activity could deliver up to 25 per cent of the UK's current gas demand in the 2020s while supporting between 16,000 and 32,000 additional jobs. However, opponents of fracking were quick to seize on the report's admission that fracking would bring with it "significant negative effects", including a potential increase in greenhouse...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking protesters clash with police at drilling site near Manchester
2013-12-13 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-fracking protesters clashed with police on Friday in demonstrations against shale gas drilling in Greater Manchester and against an application made for the first new well site since the South Downs national park was established. There were scuffles between police and protesters at the IGas Barton Moss exploratory drilling site near Manchester. IGas, an independent oil and gas company, insisted the wider public was beginning to understand the benefits of shale. "We support a right to protest...
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United Kingdom: Prince Charles tells business leaders that nature's 'bank' is being depleted
2013-12-13 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Prince of Wales has warned that the world is fast consuming its grandchildren's inheritance in the pursuit of short-term "untenable economic growth". Charles said the "bank" of the natural world was being depleted and was in the red, as he launched a network that aims to put environmental and social issues at the heart of corporate decisions. In a speech to senior business executives, he criticised those who ignored the evidence of climate change, saying the situation was like the moment...
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