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United Kingdom: Thousands to protest against fracking in Lancashire
2014-08-15 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: From his bedroom Rod Knight can see the field which campaigners claim could be the first commercial fracking site in Britain. Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer three years ago and after a lifetime in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, he says he is not a natural protester. But he does fear the arrival of energy company Cuadrilla and the potentially devastating impact it might have on his kennels business, his life and his property which he believes had already suffered cracks as a result...
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United Kingdom: Blackpool anti-fracking camp: 'I'm here for my 10 grandchildren'
2014-08-15 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of local anti-fracking campaigners is set to be joined by up to 1,000 people this weekend as the nationwide protest against the controversial extraction process moves to Lancashire. The group, which is mainly composed of mothers and grandparents, has occupied a local farmers field in Little Plumpton, five miles from Blackpool, since 5am last Thursday. The field is adjacent to two sites where Cuadrilla plans to drill. Wed put all over Facebook that we were in Preston so nobody would...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow expansion protesters vow to resist eviction
2014-08-15 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Protesters campaigning against the expansion of Heathrow airport have vowed to resist attempts to evict them, with squatters prepared to dig tunnels and use locks to stop bailiffs. The Grow Heathrow protesters have established a community market garden on land in Sipson, west London a village which could be bulldozed if a third runway is built. The campaigners have vowed to peacefully resist an expected attempt to evict them from the site on Friday, and have been trained in ways to prevent...
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United Kingdom: Green energy co-ops blocked by government regulator
2014-08-15 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The future of community-owned green energy projects that ministers say are crucial to break the dominance of the big six is being put at risk by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to co-operatives and the Labour party. Thousands of towns and villages have clubbed together around the UK in recent years to set up energy co-ops to generate clean electricity from wind turbines and solar panels. Ed Davey, the energy secretary, last year visited a community solar scheme on a tower block...
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United Kingdom: Protesters occupy field near Cuadrillas proposed fracking site in Blackpool
2014-08-14 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Several hundred anti-fracking protesters have taken over a field near a proposed exploration site for shale gas in the Fylde area, east of Blackpool. The No Dash for Gas Reclaim The Power camp has positioned itself close to one of two planned drill sites by energy firm Cuadrilla and is expected to remain for six days. Inga Wilde, a campaigner at the camp said: Blackpool is the first location for fracking in the UK, the first test site. So wed like to stop fracking here and fracking everywhere...
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