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Paralysed fracking protester falls from his wheelchair as police move him from path of 40-tonne truck
A disabled man was dragged from his wheelchair by police as he protested against fracking outside a controversial site. Shocking video shows disabled Nick Sheldrick being pulled out of the way of a 40-tonne lorry as police escorted it into the site.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paralysed-fracking-protester-falls-wheelchair-10836588
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Derbyshire protestors block road in anti-fracking demonstration
Protestors from Derbyshire and the surrounding region are demonstrating against shale gas plans outside a fracking site this morning. The protestors, also from South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, have blockaded Preston New Road fracking site to protest against plans to extract unconventional gas in Lancashire and across the country.
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Derbyshire police ‘still looking into’ controversial events at fracking protest
Police are continuing to ‘look into’ events at a protest where an officer was filmed apparently hurled a female fracking demonstrator to the ground. A video showing the incident – which was uploaded to Facebook – was recorded during a protest outside drilling company PR Marriotts in Old Pit Lane, Danesmoor, […]
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Waste water worries spark fracking road closure
Police set up a contra-flow system on the Preston New Road after five women from Leeds staged a lock-on protest at the fracking site near Little Plumpton.
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Refugee and fracking activists a ‘bunch of cockroaches’, says Liberal pursuing Senate vacancy
One of the candidates vying to be the next West Australian senator for the Liberal Party has described supporters of refugee-friendly policies as “a bunch of cockroaches” swarming all over his former electorate.
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MASS ARRESTS: Eight arrested in Danesmoor anti-fracking protest
Eight people were arrested following a fracking protest in Danesmoor this weekend. A protest relating to oil and shale gas extraction has been taking place in recent weeks in Danesmoor near Clay Cross.
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Standing With Israel, A New Twist, The Culture War
It is an extraordinary day in Washington, D.C. Thousands of pro-Israel activists are in town for the annual Christians United For Israel Washington Summit. I had the honor a few hours ago of addressing the Summit. I spoke about the importance of the U.S./Israel alliance and the danger of rising […]
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Is Putin funding anti-fracking groups? Republicans think so — and so did Hillary Clinton
Does Russian President Vladimir Putin want to stop hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in Western nations the same way he allegedly wanted to harm the electoral chances of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton? According to two Texas Republican congressmen, the answer is yes.
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Environmental activists raise concern over fracking proposal in Barry County
HASTINGS, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – The Sierra Club was in Hastings to talk with residents about fracking after the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality considers whether or not it will issue the first permit for hydraulic oil well fracturing in Barry County.
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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS DEFEAT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTEMPT TO DISMISS CASE …
Santa Barbara—Today, the federal court in Los Angeles issued an order ruling that the Environmental Defense Center (“EDC”) and Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (“Channelkeeper”) prevailed against the federal government’s effort to dismiss their case. In November 2016, the groups filed a lawsuit challenging the failure of the federal government to analyze […]
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