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United Kingdom: DECC won't back Cameron's fracking price promise
2013-09-06 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The Prime Minister's argument that fracking will reduce UK energy bills is grounded in "baseless economics". David Cameron faces increasing isolation within his own government over fracking after it emerged the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is avoiding backing his claim that gas prices will fall as a result of shale gas development. Internal DECC memos - seen by the Ecologist - reveal unwillingness within the department to reinforce the Prime Minister's appeal to energy consumers...
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United Kingdom: Greenpeace protesters 'frack' Lancashire council hall
2013-09-04 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Around 10 protesters from Greenpeace have erected a mock drilling rig outside Lancashire council hall, in protest at plans by energy company Cuadrilla to resume fracking in the county this autumn. The action follows a similar stunt by the green group in March, when it set up a rig in the Cheshire constituency of the chancellor, George Osborne, who has been one of the most vocal backers of fracking for shale gas. Liz Stanton, a Preston resident and Greenpeace supporter, told the Guardian that...
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United Kingdom: Fracking firm Cuadrilla to submit new Balcombe drilling application
2013-09-04 03:39:54| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Cuadrilla has withdrawn two modifications to a planning application to extend its controversial oil exploration in Balcombe, West Sussex, in a move that green campaigners argue will offer a chance for planning officials to overturn consent for the controversial drill site. The company had applied for a six month extension to operations at the site and submitted a further application to increase flare height. But West Sussex County Council (WSCC) yesterday confirmed Cuadrilla had withdrawn these...
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United Kingdom: Company at heart of fracking protests applies for new drilling licences
2013-09-04 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The company at the heart of the anti-fracking protests in Sussex is applying for new licences to drill for oil in the local area, to the fury of campaigners, and is planning to reopen its Lancashire operations within weeks. Cuadrilla's current licences to explore for oil at Balcombe in West Sussex, expire later this month, and the company had been seeking an extension. For weeks, hundreds of protestors have tried to disrupt its activities in the area in order to draw attention to what they see...
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United Kingdom: UKs Fracking Dilemma Continues
2013-09-03 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: According to Friends of the Earth (FOE), the UK government plans to end people`s right to be notified about plans to drill for gas and oil beneath their homes and on their land, amongst other changes in the law for onshore oil and gas planning applications. "It`s little wonder communities don`t trust the Government over fracking when their rights are so clearly being bulldozed aside to smooth the path for the big fracking firms," said Andrew Pendleton, head of campaigns for FOE. Anti-fracking...
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