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British police detain protesters at anti-fracking demo
2013-08-19 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: British police dispersed hundreds of protesters who blocked access to an oil exploration site in rural England on Monday in an intensification of an almost month-long standoff over the nascent shale gas extraction industry in Britain. A total of 36 people were detained, both in the village of Balcome and in London, in the first of two days of "direct action" against the drilling process known as fracking, which protesters fear may trigger small earthquakes and pollute water supplies. Hundreds...
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British anti-fracking protesters scuffle with police at oil well
2013-08-19 08:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Anti-fracking protesters scuffled with police outside an oil exploration site in rural England on Monday and broke into the headquarters of the energy company which is pioneering shale gas exploration in Britain. In what could be the biggest public challenge yet for Britain's shale gas prospectors, opponents of the drilling process known as 'fracking' have already forced privately owned Cuadrilla Resources to suspend oil drilling at the site. After several days of largely peaceful protests...
British fracking firm stops drilling amid fierce protests
2013-08-17 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press TV: British Energy giant Cuadrilla Resources has stopped its exploration work in the West Sussex countryside in southern England amid growing protests from locals and environmentalists, local media reported. In the face of fierce protests, the fracking firm halted its controversial drilling after it was threatened by activists, who said they will act directly to disrupt the process. Cuadrilla admitted to scale back its drilling activities on the Sussex Polices advice following reports that thousands...
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Waitrose Praises NFU's 'Back British' Campaign
2013-08-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Waitrose has become the first supermarket to pledge its support to the National Farmers Union's (NFU) Back British Farming campaign.
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Buying British
2013-08-16 00:00:00| RailwayPeople.com
Buying British
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