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United Kingdom: A day on the anti-fracking frontline in Balcombe - video
2013-08-19 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scuffles broke out with police as hundreds of protesters blocked access to Cuadrilla's test-drilling site in the village of Balcombe in West Sussex. While many played drums and sang, clashes broke out with police as they tried to move protesters away from the gates. It was the first of two days of 'mass civil disobedience'
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United Kingdom: Councils demand higher fracking payments
2013-08-19 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Fresh protests over shale gas exploration have heaped more troubles on energy company Cuadrilla, as it emerged councils want a bigger share of the incentives paid to communities hosting fracking. This morning 20 protestors blockaded Cuadrilla's headquarters in Lichfield, Staffordshire, while a further six super-glued themselves to the London office of Bell Pottinger, the PR firm employed by Cuadrilla. The protests come after more than 2,000 people marched through the village of Balcombe, West...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking campaigners shut down Cuadrilla HQ
2013-08-19 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Twenty protesters have targeted the headquarters of energy company Cuadrilla by blockading it with their bodies. There are two people inside the building in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and they are hanging banners off it saying "Reclaim the Power" and "Power to the People". The company, which has a license for hydraulic fracturing or fracking to extract gas from shale, issued a statement saying: "Three protesters have forced their way into our offices. The police are in attendance and are dealing...
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United Kingdom: 'March of the incinerators' threatens drive to recycle more rubbish
2013-08-19 10:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A rush to build incinerators to burn waste and break the UK's reliance on landfill is threatening the country's commitment to increase its recycling rates. As new figures reveal that recycling rates have fallen for the first time in 30 years, experts warn that the UK is in danger of building far more incineration capacity than it needs. The controversial waste disposal systems are used to produce electricity and heat for homes and industry. But there are fears that the "march of the incinerators",...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking activists to begin two days of direct action
2013-08-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: Anti-fracking activists will begin two days of direct action later, triggering a huge security operation again in the West Sussex countryside. Details about what form the "mass civil disobedience" will take have not been revealed but the aim will be to pile further pressure on energy company Cuadrilla. As part of the preparation, protesters were given a "matchmaking form" to help link people up into "action teams" based on their preferred tactics and interests. The form asks to what extent...
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