http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/ignore-fracking-protests-government-tells-planners?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position2 Ignore fracking protests, government tells planners Ignore the protests, ignore the evidence, ignore all counter arguments and ignore any other suggestions that may cause any delay to the drilling companies plans to exploit the extraction of oil and gas. The planners must recognise that "mineral extraction is essential to local and national economies" and consequently must do everything possible to fast track applications and thereby ensure that the drilling companies are able to peruse their quest for profits. It is of course a coincidence that these drilling companies are major contributors to Conservative party funds, and the governments instructions to Planning authorities are solely for the benefit of society.
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http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10441786.Gas_companies_granted_licences_for_fracking_in_Dorset/ Gas companies granted licences for fracking in Dorset Possible drilling sites in Dorset Cliff falls along the Dorset coast line have been a regular feature over recent months. Now the gas companies have been granted licenses for fracking beneath huge parts of Dorset and Hampshire. The 150ft long, 6ft deep crack appeared on cliffs near Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth landslide near Durdle Door landslide at West Bay Fracking has been linked with groundwater contamination and toxic air around sites, and in Lancashire, fracking was blamed for causing small earthquakes. As usual, the old "thousands of jobs could be created" chestnut has been trotted out to justify another of mans assaults on the environment.