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Power base's '''Fracking Portal''' aims to shine a light on the activities of the lobbyists-for-hire working for the fracking industry in the UK, Brussels and beyond. <br><br> | Power base's '''Fracking Portal''' aims to shine a light on the activities of the lobbyists-for-hire working for the fracking industry in the UK, Brussels and beyond. <br><br> | ||
The UK Government is backing fracking, despite protests up and down the country. | The UK Government is backing fracking, despite protests up and down the country. | ||
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+ | When Theresa May took over as prime minister in July 2016 she vowed her government would represent the concerns of ordinary people over big vested interests. | ||
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+ | Yet soon afterwards, her communities secretary [[Sajid Javid]] had overturned Lancashire county council’s refusal of plans for fracking firm [[Cuadrilla]]'s test wells in the Fylde near Blackpool. | ||
Our fracking portal explores who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. | Our fracking portal explores who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. | ||
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− | * | + | *[http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5765-access-all-areas-frackers-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door Meet the Frackers’: a Spinwatch lobbying tour], ''Spinwatch'', 16 January 2017 |
'''January 2017'', Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5765-access-all-areas-frackers-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door Access all areas], ''Spinwatch'', x January 2015 | '''January 2017'', Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5765-access-all-areas-frackers-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door Access all areas], ''Spinwatch'', x January 2015 |
Revision as of 08:57, 24 January 2017
Welcome to the Fracking Portal on Powerbase | ||
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Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a managing editor and a sysop. The editor of the Fracking Portal is Melissa Jones. Email: melissa.jones AT Powerbase.info. |
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