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Cuadrilla in legal bid to remove anti-fracking protesters
2014-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An energy firm and 10 farmers have made a legal bid to remove an anti-fracking camp from a Lancashire site. About 20 protesters are believed to be on the Little Plumpton site near Blackpool, with the Reclaim the Power group recently using it as a base. Cuadrilla, which has applied to hydraulically fracture for shale gas at Preston New Road, served a "claim for possession against trespassers". It said the camp has had a "detrimental impact" on the landowner's business. A spokeswoman for the protest...
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