The UK’s biggest energy company, Centrica, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to a Texas-based climate denial think tank strongly linked to Donald Trump’s new energy secretary Rick Perry, Energydesk has revealed.
Centrica, which owns British Gas and is a major investor in UK fracking, has made a number of donations to the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) over the last five years and says it has no plans to stop.
Lancashire voters three times more likely to vote for anti-shale candidates
26 November, 2014
The
overwhelming majority of people in Lancashire want a moratorium on fracking
until more research is available on the impacts of the controversial industry,
with many shale sceptics ready to take their opposition to the ballot box, a
new survey shows.
The fresh
poll of 500 Lancashire residents released today shows nearly two thirds (63%)
are in favour of a fracking ban, with an even stronger majority (69%) saying
more time should be allowed for a public debate to take place before planning
authorities decide on drilling licences.
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.
As ministers
announced today the launch of the 14th onshore licensing
round, Greenpeace’s Energydesk published a series of tables and maps
highlighting the potential environmental and political impacts of this
development (click here for the political analysis, and here for the analysis of national parks and water).
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.
Lancashire county councillors greeted with anti-fracking message today
Another fracking application, another town. I’m not sure the ‘Not For Shale roadshow on tour’ t-shirt is ready to compete yet with the One Direction world tour t-shirt. But we’ve already appeared in Chichester, Midhurst, and today is Thursday so it must be sunny Preston.
Posted by simon clydesdale — 26 June 2014 at 12:09pm
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This morning the Not For Shale fracking roadshow rolled into Midhurst at the heart of the glorious South Downs. This is
the frontline of a local and national battle for the future of our communities,
landscapes and climate.
Last month we found out that the government is cooking up plans to strip homeowners and tenants of their legal right to deny permission to companies that want to frack directly underneath their property. If every English person’s home is their castle, then government ministers are currently digging a tunnel underneath the ramparts to let the frackers in.
