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United Kingdom: Pro-fracking newspaper ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority
2014-09-03 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a US energy company misled the public when it made unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of fracking and claimed a gas shortage put the UK close to catastrophe. Breitling Energy's advertisement in the Telegraph began: "Dear Citizens of the United Kingdom, do you know that your country is blessed with an incredible gift?" It said higher shale gas estimates in the British Geographical Survey were "fantastic news for the UK". The ad, published...
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"MeadWestvaco Corp (MWV) in Packaging Industry (United Kingdom)" Published
2014-08-21 13:03:19| Paper - Topix.net
Despite these innovative and sustainable launches and initiatives, Meadwestvaco has struggled to improve profits, which fell by 56% at the end of 2012.
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking group stages day of action
2014-08-18 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-fracking protesters caused peaceful disruption at several locations on Monday, gluing themselves to the doors of a government department, occupying a building used by an energy firm and blockading access to a test drilling site. Activists dressed in toxic hazard suits staged a protest outside the London offices of Political Planning Services (PPS), a PR firm that represents the oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla. The stunts were part of a day of direct action declared by Reclaim...
United Kingdom: Activists launch national protests against fracking
2014-08-18 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Activists have superglued themselves to the doors at the entrance of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) building in London, in a protest against fracking. The action was timed to coincide with a number of protests across the country, including the occupation of fracking firm Cuadrillas northern headquarters near Blackpool. Campaigners have hung a banner from a bridge at Salford Media City, while others have staged a "die-in" protest at the Blackpool branch of HSBC,...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow airport protesters revive Greenham Common spirit
2014-08-15 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some formed defensive positions around underground tunnels, others nervously guarded the greenhouses, and one brave squatter scaled a makeshift watchtower to catch an early glimpse of any mob-handed intruders. Nearby, a 16-year-old girl chained herself to the gates while a human chain of protesters sang a piano-led rendition of the Drunken Sailor sea shanty with the chorus: "What shall we do with the nasty bailiff?" They rose at dawn and, after tending to the vegetable patch for what might...
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