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Church of England in 'fracking land-grab'
2013-08-15 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Residents across England have started receiving letters from the Land Registry, informing them that the Church is seeking to register the mineral rights to the earth beneath their property. Lawyers believe that the Church's claim could allow it to profit from fracking, the controversial method of extracting oil and cash by fracturing underground rocks with water and chemicals. Responding to residents' worries, the Church insisted that it has "no particular plans to mine under any property'...
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Police warning over fracking demo
2013-08-15 18:46:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Police expect 1,000 extra anti-fracking activists to join existing protests at the West Sussex village of Balcombe this weekend.
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UK public opinion divided on fracking according to poll
2013-08-15 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
An ICM survey commissioned by the Guardian newspaper has found that nearly 40% of UK residents would support hydraulic fracturing in their local area, while 40% said that they would oppose it.
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United Kingdom: Balcombe fracking protesters plead not guilty to causing disruption
2013-08-14 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Eight people have pleaded not guilty to causing disruption during protests against fracking. The defendants are charged in connection with more than two weeks of campaigning in Balcombe, West Sussex, against the energy company Cuadrilla, which is testing for shale gas in the area. Fracking involves the pumping of high pressure liquid deep underground to split shale rock and release gas, which according to opponents could potentially cause water contamination, small-scale earthquakes and environmental...
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United Kingdom: Fracking splits public opinion down the middle, ICM poll finds
2013-08-14 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron is likely to face resistance from voters if he aggressively pursues fracking for shale gas, new polling by the Guardian indicates. Four in 10 people would welcome hydraulic fracturing - used to extract hard-to-reach natural gas - in their local area but just as many people would oppose it, a national ICM survey commissioned by the Guardian has found. About a fifth of voters are undecided. Worryingly for Cameron, the research suggests that undecided voters could harden against...
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