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“One Planet” Labour: Miliband and Balls a welcome contrast to gas-loving Osborne
Tweet Liz Hutchins is a senior political campaigner at Friends Of The Earth It’s been a good week for Labour and the environment. After two years of virtual radio silence on the issue from Ed Miliband...
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George Osborne – driving the UK to frack and ruin
TweetKathy Cumming is the press officer for Greenpeace UK “Frack jacks” were flying out the door of Tatton’s Cranford café yesterday, local schoolchildren walking to school told me conspiratorially...
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Fracking: It’s economics stupid
TweetDamian Kahya is a former BBC energy reporter and the editor of Greenpeace Energydesk Today, at 6AM in a release barely more than a paragraph long, the treasury announced that the British...
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The UK has among the best renewables resources in the world. Do we really...
TweetBy Friends of the Earth energy campaigner Tony Bosworth Judging by yesterday’s announcements, the government believes the hype about shale gas. Like a love-struck teenager it seems blind to any...
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Drilling in London? No thanks Boris!
TweetBy Murad Qureshi AM, London Assembly Labour group’s environment spokesperson Opposition to fracking and the negative impact it can have on the environment has been well reported. But that’s never...
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Today’s announcement on fracking has tilted the balance further in favour of...
TweetLawrence Carter is an energy campaigner for Greenpeace Today George Osborne more than halved the amount of tax the UK’s nascent shale gas industry will need to pay, from 62 per cent to 30 per...
View ArticleRenewables more popular than shale, according to YouGov
TweetRenewable energy sources are more popular with the public than shale extraction (i.e. fracking), according to the latest polling from YouGov. 78 per cent of people believe the government should...
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The British public can see fracking is no answer
TweetBy Natalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party David Cameron’s desperation to “sell” fracking to a reluctant nation is making him look like a second-hand car salesman with a real clunker on his...
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Opinion: In praise of Caroline Lucas
TweetLewis Coyne is a member of SERA: Labour’s Environment Campaign. He writes here in a personal capacity. On Tuesday the Green MP Caroline Lucas was released on bail following her arrest in the West...
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Taking back control of our energy future
Tweet By Hannah Martin and Graham Thompson from No Dash For Gas This week in Sussex, we’ve been reclaiming the power. At our six-day camp, we’ve shared skills, discussed complex environmental and...
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Why the government is resorting to increasingly desperate measures on fracking
TweetBy Friends of the Earth senior campaigner Jane Thomas The recent announcement that councils will be able to keep all business rate revenue from shale gas and oil extraction in their area is an...
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Combining road building and fracking is a toxic combination
TweetMinisters have chosen to combine roadbuilding and fracking in a single toxic piece of legislation, writes Andrew Allen What should government do when faced with two highly contentious and...
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The Queen’s Speech: your home is no longer your castle
TweetThe government has brought forward legislation that could lead to people being stripped of their right to object to fracking underneath their homes This morning we transformed David Cameron’s...
View ArticlePOLL: Is it time for Britain to frack?
Tweet Is it now time to frack? Let us know by casting your vote below Fracking enjoys widespread support in Britain, according to a new survey. Research carried out by the research group Populus for UK...
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Poll results: large majority of Left Foot Forward readers opposed to fracking
Tweet83 per cent of you are against fracking, according to our poll On Monday we asked you, on the back of a poll showing that most Brits seemed to support at least some fracking, whether you, as...
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Why Labour is right to push for tougher fracking regulation
TweetHowever its proposals for tougher regulation go nowhere near far enough Today’s report by Glasgow University academics, calling for the relaxing of regulations around fracking and earthquake risk...
View ArticlePoll shows pro-fracking candidates in key marginals at risk from protest vote
In one of the most uncertain elections in a generation, fracking could become a surprisingly important issue for candidates in marginal seats. That’s according to a major ComRes survey commissioned...
View ArticleFive things we learned from UKIP’s manifesto
It was a smart tactic by UKIP today to publish independent analysis on the costing of their manifesto by CERB. They will claim that this makes them more serious, and more honest, than other parties....
View Article5 ways the Tories have failed the environment
In the run up to the General Election, Left Foot Forward is taking a look back at the coalition’s record. This week we focus on the environment, and each day we will feature a piece which looks at...
View ArticleWhy Labour should extend their moratorium on fracking
In the run up to the General Election, Left Foot Forward is taking a look back at the coalition’s record. This week we focus on the environment, and each day we will feature a piece which looks at...
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