#NotForShale
Posted by Graham Thompson — 28 July 2014 at 5:49pm
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Osborne's new solution to the housing bubble.
In
twenty years’ time, when Britain is transformed into a green and pleasant Texas
with oil and gas fracking wells on every corner, you may find yourself asking
‘when exactly did we agree to let this happen?’ Well, the answer is today. The
28th of July, 2014 saw our government announce the fourteenth licensing round
and put Britain up for shale. Is this something you need to worry about? We
think so.
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More than three quarters of cabinet ministers’ constituencies
and 77 per cent of Tory target seats for the 2015 election campaign have been
opened up for fracking in a new round of onshore licensing, new analysis
reveals. The licences also cover freshwater aquifers, 10 national parks and
even major cities.
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Greenpeace respond to 14th licensing round
Commenting on reports that the Government will announce
the start of the 14th onshore licensing round tomorrow, Greenpeace UK Energy
Campaigner Louise Hutchins said:
"The Government has fired the starting gun on a
reckless race for shale that could see fracking rigs go up across the British
countryside, including in sensitive areas such as those covering major
aquifers. Eric Pickles' supposed veto power over drilling in national parks
will do nothing to quell the disquiet of fracking opponents across Britain.
Ministers waited until the parliamentary recess to make their move, no doubt
aware of the political headache this will cause to MPs whose constituencies
will be affected.
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As South Downs National Park comes under threat, Greenpeace launch Fracker Tracker in Sussex
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Greenpeace activists are targeting South Downs National Park Authority meeting
with a ‘not for shale’ roadshow, on the launch of a new crowdsourced
investigation into fracking in Sussex.
This afternoon Greenpeace
activists have occupied the entrance to the South Downs National Park Authority
building in Midhurst ahead of their AGM. Campaigners have set up a Not For
Shale mock real estate roadshow in front of the HQ’s main entrance, featuring
4-metre-tall flags and a large map of the South Downs Park and surrounding area
showing the level of opposition to fracking.
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Michael & Emily Eavis pledge to keep Glastonbury site Frack-free
Worthy farm, Pilton, Somerset. Today
Michael and Emily Eavis, whose dairy farm has been hosting Britain’s biggest
and best party for over forty years, announced that the site of Glastonbury
Festival will never be fracked, and Worthy Farm is officially Not For Shale!
Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, John Sauven welcomed the news –
“We salute Michael and Emily’s determination to combine good times
with good deeds, to protect a site which means so much to so many people, and
keep it Frack-free and Not For Shale.”
Both Emily and Michael signed a declaration which read –
I (Emily/Michael Eavis), resident at Worthy Farm, Pilton, give my
word that I will not allow Fracking to take place on this site.
Posted by LiamBB — 22 October 2013 at 2:18pm
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Have you declared your home Not For Shale?
Since last week, nearly 17,000 of us have come together to throw a major spanner in the works of those who want to see Britain fracked. Together, thousands of us living in areas earmarked for potential shale gas extraction have launched a serious legal challenge against underhouse fracking. Now meet a few of the people who have joined the Not For Shale legal block.
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