Petition updateCease the oil exploration activities of Cuadrilla in Balcombe. Revoke your decision to allow Cuadrilla to flow-test.Please tell your MP's not to support the Infrastructure Bill.
No Fracking in Balcombe Society (No FiBs)
Jan 18, 2015
URGENT ACTION!
LOBBY Of PARLIAMENT against the INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
Please JOIN US, virtually or in person!
The Infrastructure Bill could 'make or break' Fracking in the UK.
The Bill is a massive piece of Legislation which has already passed through the House of Lords, and is currently being rushed through the House of Commons. It contains many worrying clauses that could become law - including ones which pave the way for massive, unregulated road-building and the sell-off of public land.
However for us, the most worrying clauses are two small passages of text which, if they pass unchallenged, could irrevocably pave the way for Fracking in the UK.
One passage, Clauses 38 to 43 would give fracking companies the 'Right of Use' of any land below 300m, meaning they would no longer need permission from the landowner to drill, frack or leave 'any substance' in the land.
Another Clause, Clause 36, would make it legally binding to "Maximise the economic recovery of UK Petroleum", at the very moment in our history when we know we must leave 80% of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground to stand a chance of minimising climate change.
However, luckily two Sussex MPs - Caroline Lucas and Norman Baker - have tabled amendments which would remove these dangerous clauses.
Please help us fight off this Bill by either :
a) Coming to the Mass Lobby at the House of Commons in person 26th January, meeting your MP and telling them to support the Baker/Lucas amendments or to vote against the Bill in its entirety,
b) Sending your MP this template letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19BkYI5Bg8QTEzPL2Eq0wfi8DDeU5_L_Jclve1XUJa94/edit
c) Meeting your MP at their local surgery to discuss your concerns,
d) Signing this 38 Degrees petition to call for the DEFRA report on fracking to be released uncensored : https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-fracking-cover-up-by-defra
e) Signing this Greenpeace petition against changes to the Trespass Law : https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/trespass-law-fc?source=pc&subsource=pcfc15&utm_medium=pcfc15&utm_source=pc&utm_campaign=frackcats
Or all of the above!
Thank you - we really need all your support
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