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United Kingdom: Fracking campaigners criticise 'censored' report on house prices
2014-08-10 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government has been criticised for censoring a report into the impact of shale gas drilling that examines the effect on house prices and pressure on local services. Campaigners are calling for full publication of the study carried out by Whitehall officials, as the government continues to resist the idea of offering compensation to individual householders near proposed fracking sites. The report, called Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts, was written in March and a draft was released under...
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United Kingdom: Beauty spots still at fracking 'risk', say campaigners
2014-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Fracking licences can only be issued for beauty spots in "exceptional circumstances", according to new rules issued by the government. It said the regulations for the new bidding round for licences - the first in six years - are stricter than before. And companies applying to frack near beauty spots will have additional obligations. But some environmental campaigners say the new rules are not tough enough. Right to refuse Fracking involves blasting water, chemicals and sand at high...
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Europe stuck with coal unless UK takes action, campaigners warn
2014-07-24 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Coal will remain a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe unless UK and EU policymakers take urgent action, campaign group Sandbag has warned today. The group's new report warns that while rising levels of renewables capacity helped push down fossil fuel generation by 4.3 per cent between 2010 and 2013, it has mainly replaced cleaner gas generation leaving the more carbon-intensive coal sector largely untouched. As a result, carbon emissions from coal power rose six per cent across...
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Welfare Campaigners Highlight Illegal Pig Farming in EU
2014-07-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Illegal pig farming in the EU is now so rife that the industry’s publications are packed with photos of farms clearly in breach of the law, according to a UK-based welfare campaigning organisation. Their present focus is on widespread tail-docking and the lack of provision of manipulable materials.
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Campaigners Keep Animal Welfare on New European Parliament Agenda
2014-05-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Eurogroup for Animals is currently analysing the results of the European elections to see how many candidates that supported the animal welfare pledge have been elected and hopes that the new Parliament will continue to work to protect the welfare of animals across the European Union.
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