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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 | + | Since the May 2015 general election the UK's government has stepped up its ‘all out for shale gas’ plans, despite likely ecological and climate impacts and widespread community protests. 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’. |
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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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