Westminster

MPs have given the thumbs up to fracking - but this one's far from over

Posted by simon clydesdale — 27 January 2015 at 6:01pm - Comments
Our petition asking MPs to say no to fracking under homes reached 361,736 signat
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Our petition asking MPs to say no to fracking under homes reached 361,736 signatures

Yesterday, after much wrangling, the Infrastructure Bill was approved by MPs. The government had designed this new legislation to be the fracker’s charter. But it has now emerged in a rather different form than Mr Cameron and the fracking industry planned when they first concocted their irresponsible wishlist to help them frack across the UK.

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Ops note - Westminster rally calling for fracking moratorium on Monday

Last edited 23 January 2015 at 6:47pm
23 January, 2015

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  • 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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Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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