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United Kingdom: Fracking: RSPB objects to Cuadrilla plans for two sites
Posted by BBC: Roger Harrabin on August 17th, 2013
BBC: The RSPB has lodged objections to proposals to drill for shale gas at sites in Lancashire and West Sussex.
It says regulations are inadequate to ensure water, landscapes and wildlife are protected.
Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the UK to back fracking, which involves shattering shales to release trapped gas.
Cuadrilla, which is exploring the sites, says its activities will not harm birds or other wildlife.
These are the first formal objections to fracking from the RSPB, and they...
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Cuadrilla: Fracking Scaled Back In Balcome As Critics Attack ‘Mob Rule’ By Protesters
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 17th, 2013
Huffington Post: Fracking firm Cuadrilla has "scaled back" its controversial drilling in the West Sussex countryside in the face of fierce protests. Critics said the company had "caved to mob rule" after activists threatened direct action to disrupt the process. On Friday night, Sussex Police said the operation had cost the cash-strapped force nearly £750,000. And the RSPB joined the debate, lodging a complaint with Cuadrilla about its operation near Blackpool. Up to 1,000 activists are due to join the protest...
Hundreds evacuated as wildfire menaces Idaho ski resort towns
Posted by Reuters: Laura Zuckerman on August 17th, 2013
Reuters: Firefighters battled on Friday to check a fast-moving wildfire raging near the Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho, where more than 1,000 people were evacuated as flames menaced multimillion-dollar homes in the area, authorities said. The so-called Beaver Creek Fire, the nation's top firefighting priority, has raced across 64,000 acres of mountains and canyons intersected by luxury housing developments since it was sparked by lightning in the Sawtooth National Forest on August 7. Occupants of more than...