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United Kingdom: Activists launch national protests against fracking
2014-08-18 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Activists have superglued themselves to the doors at the entrance of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) building in London, in a protest against fracking. The action was timed to coincide with a number of protests across the country, including the occupation of fracking firm Cuadrillas northern headquarters near Blackpool. Campaigners have hung a banner from a bridge at Salford Media City, while others have staged a "die-in" protest at the Blackpool branch of HSBC,...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow airport protesters revive Greenham Common spirit
2014-08-15 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some formed defensive positions around underground tunnels, others nervously guarded the greenhouses, and one brave squatter scaled a makeshift watchtower to catch an early glimpse of any mob-handed intruders. Nearby, a 16-year-old girl chained herself to the gates while a human chain of protesters sang a piano-led rendition of the Drunken Sailor sea shanty with the chorus: "What shall we do with the nasty bailiff?" They rose at dawn and, after tending to the vegetable patch for what might...
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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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United Kingdom: Blackpool anti-fracking camp: 'I'm here for my 10 grandchildren'
2014-08-15 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of local anti-fracking campaigners is set to be joined by up to 1,000 people this weekend as the nationwide protest against the controversial extraction process moves to Lancashire. The group, which is mainly composed of mothers and grandparents, has occupied a local farmers field in Little Plumpton, five miles from Blackpool, since 5am last Thursday. The field is adjacent to two sites where Cuadrilla plans to drill. Wed put all over Facebook that we were in Preston so nobody would...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow expansion protesters vow to resist eviction
2014-08-15 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Protesters campaigning against the expansion of Heathrow airport have vowed to resist attempts to evict them, with squatters prepared to dig tunnels and use locks to stop bailiffs. The Grow Heathrow protesters have established a community market garden on land in Sipson, west London a village which could be bulldozed if a third runway is built. The campaigners have vowed to peacefully resist an expected attempt to evict them from the site on Friday, and have been trained in ways to prevent...
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