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One more heave! Ministers' pre-election fracking drive

2014-09-09 11:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: Ministers are determined to get fracking under way in the UK as fast as possible, so it's a 'fait accompli' in time for the election, writes Alex Stevenson. With a firm pro-fracking concensus in Parliament, only one thing can frustrate their plans - strong local campaigns to turn around MPs desperate for re-election in 2015. It even has a name: democracy. It's a question of fear. What secretly worries pro-fracking Conservative ministers, The Ecologist has learned, is that a Labour administration...

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U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite talks prevention, reform to teens and ministers

2014-08-02 06:28:31| Footwear - Topix.net

As the son of a teenage mother in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, Kenneth Polite Jr. faced better odds that he'd land in prison than be the one putting people behind bars.

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Fracking push gets go-ahead across UK as ministers tighten safeguards

2014-07-27 18:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Ministers will give the go-ahead on Monday for a big expansion of fracking across Britain that will allow drilling in national parks and other protected areas in "exceptional circumstances". The government will invite firms to bid for onshore oil and gas licences for the first time in six years, with about half of the country advertised for exploration. Ministers are also clarifying the rules on when drilling can take place in national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) and world...

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Maritime labour ministers oppose changes to foreign worker program

2014-07-02 12:32:51| Agriculture - Topix.net

Employment Minister Jason Kenney, left, and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander are seen in a reflection at a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, June 20, 2014 on reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

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