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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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United Kingdom: Fracking protesters target Cuadrilla HQ

2013-08-19 06:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Chronicle: Anti-fracking protesters have blockaded energy company Cuadrillas headquarters while others have superglued themselves to a PR company used by the firm. The action at Cuadrilla in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and at PR firm Bell Pottinger in central London come on the first of two days of "mass civil disobedience" which campaigners have pledged to carry out to highlight their stance against fracking. Activists are currently taking part in a six-day Reclaim The Power action camp in Balcombe, West...

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