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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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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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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...

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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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