AVBC Trifecta: Climate Emergency, Amber Valley a Frack-Free Zone, & Badger Culling Ban
A raucous Amber Valley council meeting has seen the authority declare a climate emergency, make the borough a “frack-free zone”
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Deadline To Object To Fracking In Derbyshire Approaches
August 10 will be the deadline for all objections to the first Derbyshire exploratory well for fracking. The contentious environmental issue,
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Fracking Month: “How I Started Amber Valley Against Fracking”
I first started Amber Valley Against Fracking (AVAF) back in September 2015, after hearing on a local radio morning show that
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Fracking Month: Alternatives To Fracking
So it’s all very well to criticise fracking, but what are the alternatives? If we are to progress to a
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Fracking Month: Fracking And The Environment
There is a growing controversy around the question of fracking (using a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under extremely
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Fracking Month: Spell
N is for nature, wondrous and wild, O for the ozone that nearly retired, F for forget-me-not, fennel and furze,
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Fracking Month: In Space No One Can Hear You Frack
If you were a Martian visiting Earth for the first time, you would find it abundantly clear that fracking poses a
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Advertising Features Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Fracking
3 Perfect Bar Crawls. Jet Engine Testing Facility A Catalyst For Innovation. Get Your Patio Ready For Outdoor Entertaining. Top
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Richard Burgon MP in Conference by Bevan Cope
On Saturday there was a 3 hour workshop-based political conference in Derby, organised by the Derbyshire branch of Momentum, the
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Amber Valley Against Fracking – Petition
Back in December we told you about fracking coming to Amber Valley (original article) and in May reported on Amber
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Amber Valley Protests Fracking
On 9th May INEOS, who hold fracking licences for parts of Amber Valley and Derbyshire held an invitation only presentation
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A Poor Fill for the East Mill
It looks like the vacuum at the East Mill will soon be filled as Ineos Shale plan to locate their
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Belper MP Votes for Fracking at World Heritage Sites
On 16/12/15 the House of Commons voted on whether to allow fracking under National Parks. The Peak District was specifically
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