August 2013

28 Days Later: Balcombe anti-fracking groups announce rolling blockade

Posted by LiamBB — 30 August 2013 at 11:52am - Comments
'No fracking here or anywhere' sign in front of police line
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Balcombe police line during March for a Frack-Free Future

While shale gas advocates hoped the 5-day Reclaim the Power camp was a flash-in-the-pan, Balcombe fracking opponents are “upping the ante” for Cuadrilla’s final 28 days of drilling, announcing a rolling blockade of the frack site starting September 1st.

Not for shale! Anti-fracking group hits the streets of Lancashire

Posted by kcumming — 27 August 2013 at 12:49pm - Comments
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Are you in the market for a nice two bedroom house in the North West? In a previously quiet residential area, close to minor earth tremors, with the potential for high volume traffic and drilling right under your property? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Article tagged as: cuadrilla, fracking, Lancashire

Shark finning sucks. Sort it out New Zealand!

Posted by Willie — 27 August 2013 at 11:07am - Comments
Shark fin soup drives the global shark finning trade.
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Shark finning: not big, not clever, not defensible

There’s nothing defensible about shark finning. It’s the marine equivalent of the poachers who kill rhinos to hack off their horns or kill elephants to hack off their tusks. It’s not dissimilar to killing bears or tigers for spurious ‘traditional’ cures either. But it happens out at sea, to animals which don’t have big brown eyes, and which aren’t usually touted as cuddly toys or ‘adoptable’. They rarely win public polls on favourite animals, yet they fill column inches every silly scaremongering summer season in the tabloids.

Article tagged as: hammerheads, hobbits, new zealand, oceans, shark finning, sharks, tuna

Labour comes out swinging on fracking in Balcombe

Posted by kcumming — 22 August 2013 at 2:33pm - Comments

Freshly delivered into letterboxes in Balcombe - a strongly worded (bordering on downright anti-) fracking leaflet from the local Labour Party.

Article tagged as: Balcombe, cuadrilla, energy, fracking, labour

Green groups join forces to 'put the breaks on fracking'

Posted by kcumming — 19 August 2013 at 11:52am - Comments
Green groups logos
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Over the weekend, a cross-section of environment and conservation groups issued a joint call to Government to put the brakes on fracking. This is the first time such a large number of influential NGOs have joined together to express their concern. The joint letter was published in the Sunday Times.

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