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United Kingdom: Balcombe fracking protesters vow to fight on as drilling begins
2013-08-02 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drilling for oil started on Friday just outside the small village of Balcombe, in West Sussex, as oil and gas company Cuadrilla completed tests of its equipment and protesters chanted outside, surrounded by police. This is the first time Cuadrilla, which is pioneering the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" in the UK, has been able to start its exploratory drilling. The company says is not planning to frack the rocks under Balcombe at this stage. Its geological assessments...
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United Kingdom: Aerial footage: Fracking test drilling begins in Balcombe
2013-08-02 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Cuadrilla's oil drilling project has been subject to days of delays because of high-profile protests designed to halt delivery of trucks and equipment to the plant. Today a Cuadrilla spokesman said: "We started test drilling at 11.15am, and we will do a 3,000ft vertical well. We will be there for two to three months." Campaigners fear the project at Lower Stumble, near Balcombe, West Sussex, could lead Cuadrilla to go on to conduct hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The controversial method of...
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United Kingdom: Fracking uproar peer causes further derision with geography revision
2013-08-01 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Tory peer who provoked uproar for saying that fracking should be carried out in the "desolate" north-east of England has prompted further derision after he corrected himself, saying that he meant the north-west. Lord Howell, who advised William Hague on energy policy until April and is the father-in-law of the chancellor, George Osborne, drew gasps of astonishment in the House of Lords on Tuesday for suggesting that the controversial form of gas extraction could take place in the north-east...
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United Kingdom: Frack Off protesters bring a little fire engine trouble to Balcombe oil site
2013-08-01 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Protests at a planned drilling site of a fracking company took an innovative turn on Thursday after activists stopped work by parking an antique fire engine outside the gates of the facility and locked themselves to the vehicle. The campaign group Frack Off said the fire engine, bought by some of the protesters involved, arrived at the site near Balcombe, West Sussex where the energy company Cuadrilla plans to drill wells in the hope of releasing oil from the rocks at about 7am. Two protesters...
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United Kingdom: Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies
2013-07-31 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As a climate scientist, I'm under pressure to be a political advocate. This comes mainly from environmentalists. Dan Cass, wind-farm director and solar advocate, preferred me not to waste my time debating "denialist morons" but to use political advocacy to "prevent climate catastrophe". Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist, urged climate scientists to sound a "more desperate note Be arrested if necessary." A concerned member of the public judged my efforts at public engagement successful...
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