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From: "Hanna Thomas, SumOfUs.org" <us@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mrs Dianne Carr <patriotsplace1103@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 17:08
Subject: Fracking
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| Fracking could go ahead in the UK for the first time in five years.
Let's stand with the people of Ryedale to take a stand against it. |
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Dianne,Unbelievable. Last night -- and in the face of enormous local opposition
-- fracking firm Third Energy was given the green light to frack in North
Yorkshire.The village of Kirby Misperton, Ryedale sits on the edge of the
beautiful North York Moors. It’s a tranquil, rural setting that welcomes 4.5
million visitors a year in search of peace and nature. Now local people face
having that peace shattered with the noise, pollution and traffic that fracking
will bring.Third Energy - knowing it’s backed by a government that is ‘going
all out for shale’ - is determined to go ahead with its plan. But the local
community has said loud and clear that they don’t want to be fracked, so let’s
support them.Third Energy: listen to the people of Kirby Misperton and don’t
frack Ryedale.Fracking involves driving a high-pressure mix of chemicals, sand
and water into rock in order to release the natural gas trapped there.It’s been
linked to earthquakes and poisoned, flammable drinking water. And of course
burning fossil fuels causes climate change.The technique was banned for a year
in 2011 after it caused earth tremors near Blackpool.This is the first time
fracking’s been approved since the ban was lifted and sets a dangerous
precedent clearing the way for fracking across the country.Local residents were
out in their hundreds to demonstrate outside the County Hall while councillors
inside were hearing evidence.Over 4000 submissions have been made to the
council - with only 36 in favour of Third Energy’s fracking plans - from the
local community. And yet Third Energy is riding roughshod over their views and
wants to force fracking on them.Kirby Misperton is a beautiful place, with an
economy based on tourism and agriculture. Third Energy wants to turn this
bucolic vision into a gas field that nobody wants.Stand with the community of
Kirby Misperton and tell Third Energy to not frack Ryedale.SumOfUs members
members from Alaska to Australia have stood up to the fossil fuels industry.
Just last week we saw BP’s application to drill off the coast of Australia
rejected. And thousands of us stood up against the tar sands industry
threatening the environment and livelihoods of people in Canada.The people of
Ryedale have vowed to fight this decision to allow fracking -- let’s stand with
them.Thanks for all that you do,Hanna, Sondhya, Kat, Fatah, Martin and the rest
of the SumOfUs team. **********
More information:
Fracking gets go-ahead in UK for first time since 2011 as North Yorkshire
council approves plans, The Telegraph, 23 May 2016
Fracking approval being considered for first time in four years, BBC, 20 May
2016
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