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A guide to the companies, lobbyists and think tanks behind the push for fracking in the UK

{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/toTLr2yIJ5E%7C450%7Ccenter%7CWatch and share: 'Meet the Frackers: a Spinwatch lobbying tour'}} This portal is part of Powerbase—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR. Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a managing editor. HEADING HEADING HEADING Our Fracking portal tracks the companies, people and lobbyists behind the all-out push for shale gas exploration in the UK and worldwide. It sheds light on who is influencing the debate over fracking and the tactics used to persuade the public and our politicians. Want to help us expose the spin about fracking?Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus.

Who are the fracking lobbyists? CLICK FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF FRACKING PROFILES. They include: Fracking firms Cuadrilla Igas Ineos Third Energy Fracking lobbyists Burson Marsteller Edelman Hanover Hill and Knowlton Lexington Communications Newgate Communications PPS Westbourne Communications Trade lobby groups and think tanks UKOOG] Institute of Directors Centre for Policy Studies] Political players All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas Taskforce on Shale Gas Lobbyist Lobbyist Lobbyist

Latest articles Meet the Frackers’: a Spinwatch lobbying tour, Spinwatch January 2017 East Midlands parish councils reject Ineos’ assault on community spaces, Spinwatch, February 2017 New documents reveal North Yorkshire Police's close relationship with fracking firms Nth Yorkshire Police's close relationship with fracking firms, Spinwatch, June 2017 Devoid of democratic legitimacy, UK shale industry responds with spin and violence, Spinwatch July 2017 SLAPPS and ‘aggressive cold calling’: How INEOS is selling shale, Spinwatch August 2017 2016 Update: more documents show police, councils and schools labelling anti-fracking protestors as extremists Spinwatch. Update: more documents show police, councils and schools labelling anti-fracking protestors as extremists , Spinwatch.

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