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*[http://powerbase.info/index.php/Timeline:_shale_gas_in_the_UK Timeline: Shale gas in the UK] | *[http://powerbase.info/index.php/Timeline:_shale_gas_in_the_UK Timeline: Shale gas in the UK] | ||
+ | **[http://powerbase.info/index.php/List_of_constituencies_awarded_fracking_licences_in_the_14th_licensing_round List of constituencies awarded fracking licences in the 14th licensing round] | ||
*[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 | *[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 | ||
* 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'' | * 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'' | ||
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Since the May 2015 general election the UK's Conservative government has stepped up its ‘all out for shale gas’ plans, despite likely ecological and climate impacts and widespread community protests. | Since the May 2015 general election the UK's Conservative government has stepped up its ‘all out for shale gas’ plans, despite likely ecological and climate impacts and widespread community protests. | ||
− | New fracking | + | New fracking *[http://powerbase.info/index.php/List_of_constituencies_awarded_fracking_licences_in_the_14th_licensing_round licences] covering much of England have been awarded, along with measures to fast track controversial applications and allow ministers to overturn council planning decisions based on the ‘national need’. |
Meanwhile local people voicing their fears over fracking's potential environmental and health impacts have been ignored, or even labelled ‘extremists’ under the government's Prevent strategy. | Meanwhile local people voicing their fears over fracking's potential environmental and health impacts have been ignored, or even labelled ‘extremists’ under the government's Prevent strategy. |
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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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