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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking activists drill home message with parliament protests
Posted by Guardian: David Batty on December 1st, 2012
Guardian: Anti-fracking activists plan to erect a mock drilling rig outside the Houses of Parliament as part of a series of protests on Saturday against the controversial technique to extract shale gas.
The protests come as Greenpeace warned that the government had earmarked nearly two-thirds of England for potential shale gas drilling sites.
Campaign group Frack Free will deliver a letter to 10 Downing Street calling for a ban on exploration and development of shale gas and coal bed methane.
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UK flood alerts remain as heavy rain spreads
Posted by Guardian: David Batty on July 14th, 2012
Guardian: Large swaths of England and Wales remain on alert as heavy rain that brought flash flooding to parts of Wales and Shropshire is expected to extend southwards on Saturday.
The Environment Agency has 12 flood warnings in place in England and Wales – six in the south-west, four in the Midlands and two in the Anglian area – as well as 58 flood alerts.
An agency spokesman urged people across central and eastern England to "remain vigilant as heavy thunderstorms are forecast to affect large swaths...
Radioactive water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is leaking into sea
Posted by Guardian: David Batty on April 2nd, 2011
Guardian: Radioactive water from Japan's quake-striken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is leaking into the sea, its operator said.
The 20cm (8in) crack in a containment pit under reactor two may be the source of recent radiation in coastal waters, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) officials said.
Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said Tepco was planning to pour concrete into the pit to seal the crack, which may have been leaking since the magnitude 9.0...