hydraulic fracturing
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- PHOTO CALL – near Gandhi statue from 7.45am the rig will flare and
drill hourly
- Photos will be uploaded on this link throughout the day
Tuesday
9th February, London - Greenpeace has installed a life-like ten-metre
fracking rig and drill at Parliament Square this morning to ‘bring the local
impacts of fracking to the heart of democracy’.
A
new Populus poll released today by Greenpeace shows that nearly two-thirds (62%) of people in the UK think their
local council, not central government departments, should decide whether to
accept or reject fracking
applications in their local area.
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Commenting on today's
decision by Lancashire County Council to turn down Cuadrilla's application to
frack at a second site in the region, Greenpeace
UK energy and climate campaignre Daisy Sands said:
“This decision
is a Waterloo for the fracking industry and a triumph for local democracy. It's
also a huge boost for efforts to kick the UK’s addiction to dangerous fossil
fuels. Lancashire councillors deserve huge praise for standing up to the
relentless pressure from the fracking lobby and their minister friends. Their
decision sends a powerful signal to other councils that the fracking juggernaut
can indeed be stopped.
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Details
- When:
Monday
26 January 2015 from 12:30pm
- Where:
Old
Palace Yard, opposite the House of Lords
- Speakers:
Bianca
Jagger, Caroline Lucas MP, John
Ashton, Julian Huppert MP, Vivienne Westwood
- Organisers: Friends of the Earth,
Greenpeace UK, 38 Degrees, The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation,
Occupy Democracy, Reclaim The Power, Climate Revolution
- Programme: Speeches from 1:00pm,
and petition hand-in at 2.15pm
Over a hundred people including Bianca Jagger, Chair of The Bianca Jagger
Human Rights Foundation, and residents from affected communities are expected
to join a Westminster rally calling for an immediate fracking moratorium on the
day of a crunch vote in the Commons on Monday.
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Three quarters of Lancashire residents oppose ministers' plans to allow energy firms to frack under people’s homes whilst almost half of them are worried about the impact of shale drilling on house prices, a new survey shows.
The findings are published today as some Fylde residents living close to Cuadrilla’s potential drilling sites in the area have come forward claiming shale gas developments have already affected the value of their homes and put off potential buyers and tenants.
The poll results, which form the second part of a survey by leading marketing research agency Redshift for Greenpeace UK, show nearly half (45%) of the 500 Lancashire residents interviewed are worried about the impact of fracking on house prices, with one in five (21%) saying they are very concerned.
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Commenting on Caroline Lucas MP being cleared of
all charges following a high-profile anti-fracking protest at Balcombe last
year, Greenpeace UK Executive Director John Sauven said:
17 April, 2014
“This verdict is a victory for the right
to peaceful protest but more importantly for Britain’s growing movement of
ordinary people opposing fracking.
“Caroline Lucas had the guts to stand up
for what she believes in. In the age of expense scandals and ‘cab for hire’
politicians, an MP ready to put her neck on the line is a refreshing sight.
Posted by kcumming — 16 December 2013 at 6:58pm
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Fracking for natural gas in Pennsylvania
Fracking - three years ago most people hadn't even heard of it. Today it's in our papers, our politics and potentially our backyards. The pro-frackers accuse the anti-frackers of misinformation and vice versa. Figures about well numbers, truck movements, jobs and revenue tend to vary wildly. No one has yet gone back and done an assessment of all the evidence. Until now.
Article tagged as: bills, climate, farming, fracking, fracking site, green jobs, hydraulic fracturing, Lancashire, shale, Shale gas, water contamination, West Sussex
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Responding to news that government advisors have given the go-ahead for gas fracking in the UK, Joss Garman, Greenpeace’s senior energy campaigner, said:
“This could be bad news for consumers and would be very damaging for UK efforts to tackle climate change.
“That’s because there’s absolutely no indication that fracking for shale gas will reduce soaring household energy bills, while scientific studies suggest that this kind of gas could be as polluting as coal.
