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Fracking lobbyists forged letters and posed as students
Many thanks to Powerbase for much of the source material for this post. Fracking lobbyists PPS Group are often to be found desperately spinning the frackers’ message. Yet the handsome offices of the Mayfair-based PPS belie a dark underside – the company has regularly been accused of using underhand tactics to mislead the public. On […]
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Fracking lobbyists shows the truth of the Occupy movement
For those who ask: ‘what are the Occupy protests about?’ oil and gas lobbyists are a great example of the business elite’s hidden power inside government. Take the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). To get around public anger, the company behind the UK’s first fracking project, Cuadrilla, generate behind-the-scenes political support through Guildford District […]
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Why is a Guildford District Councillor running Cuadrilla’s website?
A look at Cuadrilla’s website reveals several bland documents. An application form for a job at the company, as well as various media and company pdfs. All very innocuous. Looking at the author of these documents, however, reveals a more malign influence: Nick Sutcliffe, Conservative Councillor for Ash South & Tongham Ward, and a member […]
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Some insight into Cuadrilla’s PR strategy
Cuadrilla have recently become increasing vocal about the fact that shale gas extraction has been going on in the UK for decades, so there’s nothing to worry about. In their PR they refer to their site at Elswick as a well that’s been producing gas safely since 1992. In a debate that took place at […]
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Why does Cuadrilla own an old gas well near Elswick in Lancashire?
The Elswick-1 gas well was completed and stimulated by Independent Energy in 1993. The gas field, which was commissioned in 1996, produces gas from a low permeability sandstone reservoir at a depth of around 4000 ft and is used to generate power which is fed into the electricity grid. It has generated around 1 MW […]
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