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Tag: Fracking

16 June, 2014
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Alarm bells ring as “Infrastructure Bill” sneaks easier loss of protection for public rights of way into law

More power stations? Simplez, thanks to new legislation on its way Local people already concerned at how flawed the planning process is – especially as new housing schemes in Lancaster […]

3 June, 2014
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Anti-fracking Gathering in July: ‘We won’t sell our children’s future for shale oil’.

Lancashire people who oppose fracking are invited to the third ‘Gathering on The Green’ on Saturday 19 July from 2-6pm by the windmill on Lytham-St-Annes’s central beach. Opposition to fracking (shale […]

7 May, 2014
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NW Green Party election report plans a future in Renewable Energy jobs

NW Green Party Euro-candidate Peter Cranie The North West Green Party launched its European and local election campaign this week with the release a new report on the region’s renewable […]

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County Councillors hear other side of the Fracking argument

Councillors from across Lancashire representing both County and district councils were offered a different view about Shale Gas than previously heard in County Hall, with a presentation by John Ashton, […]

6 December, 2013
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The Great Northern Gas Gala holding out at Barton Moss

  The Northern Gas Gala is the name given to the anti-fracking protest camp outside the new IGas drilling exploration plant at Barton Moss, near the M62 at Salford. The Camp […]

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Cuadrilla leave Lytham site ‘for the birds’

Fracking company Cuadrilla have pulled out of the site they established at Anna’s Road in Lytham citing ‘overwintering birds’ as the reason. They say they will now be working to […]

27 September, 2013
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Cuadrilla planning application: Register your views online

Cuadrilla drilling rig at Banks in Lancashire Controversial fracking company Cuadrilla currently have an application lodged with Lancashire County Council to extend the time allowed for their exploratory testing in […]

5 September, 2013
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Fylde fracking site hit by new earthquakes

Cuadrilla drilling rig at Banks in Lancashire The two earthquakes that occurred on Sunday morning 25 August 2013 have been confirmed as the largest in the area since 1843, according […]

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Morecambe's David Morris MP Announces Summer Tour Events

David Morris MP will again be touring the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency over the Summer and he’s encouraging as many constituents as possible to visit one of his events. “Last […]

1 August, 2013
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Frack the North West, not the North East, says Lord Howell

(Updated 18:10, added Gordon Marsden, Labour MP’s response): Tory Lord David Howell – Chancellor George Osborne’s father-in-law – has apologized for confusing the North East for the North West when […]

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