Blog: Climate

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
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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.

Fracking company ignores request for open debate on Twitter

Posted by jamie — 14 August 2013 at 11:17am - Comments

Yesterday, we asked fracking company Cuadrilla - currently being surrounded by protesters in the Sussex village of Balcombe - for an open, transparent debate on Twitter about, well, fracking. Sadly, we were rebuffed.

Article tagged as: Balcombe, climate change, cuadrilla, energy, fracking, gas, social media
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