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United Kingdom: Fracking: 'blanket opposition' risks ignoring needs of fuel-poor, says CofE
2013-08-16 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Church of England has entered the fracking debate, arguing that "blanket opposition" to the controversial method of extracting gas risks ignoring the needs of those in fuel poverty and undermining efforts to find less polluting fuels. The church's intervention came as the head of the UK's leading fracking company, Cuadrilla, appealed for calm from protesters as hundreds more activists prepared to descend this weekend on the small village of Balcombe in West Sussex, which has become the centre...
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United Kingdom: Household energy use falls 24.7%
2013-08-16 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Families are using nearly a quarter less energy than in 2005 as household efficiency measures and rising costs have taken effect. The average home usage in England and Wales fell by 24.7% over the period to 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The highest regional consumption levels, which were adjusted to take into account the variations in weather, were in the east Midlands, the data showed. It appeared that regions with the highest level of Economy 7 consumption...
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United Kingdom: Fracking protesters gather for six-day camp as Balcombe drilling suspended
2013-08-16 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Anti-fracking protesters have welcomed the suspension of an exploratory oil-drilling operation in West Sussex, as the first of hundreds of extra activists started to arrive. Up to 1,000 more campaigners are set to descend on the outskirts of Balcombe, for the six-day Reclaim the Power camp. It has been organised in opposition to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which some fear the energy firm Cuadrilla will go on to conduct after it has completed its exploratory drilling. Campaigners were...
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United Kingdom: Law breaking fracking protesters 'heroic' like the suffragettes, says leader
2013-08-16 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Thousands of people are expected to take part in six days of "direct action" against Cuadrilla, a company that is currently digging for oil near Balcombe in West Sussex. Operations at the facility have been suspended while the protests are taking place, and hundreds of police have been drafted in. The parish council has urged the protesters to "stay away" if they are planning any illegal acts, and said that they have heard rumours of a "mass trespass". Jamie Kelsey-Fry, from the No Dash...
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United Kingdom: Drilling pause for Balcombe fracking protests is sensible move, say police
2013-08-16 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuadrilla has halted its oil-drilling operations in West Sussex in anticipation of an influx of anti-fracking protesters at the site this weekend. The company, which is pioneering the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing in Britain, said that after discussions with police it had doubled the height of its security fences and installed razor wire at the Balcombe site, and had called a halt to the drilling until further notice. A spokesman said this was owing to concerns "for the health...
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