Who knew fracking would suck Texas aquifers dry? As the town well in a Texas town dries out in a time of drought, the townspeople – no enemies to the oil companies that power the Texas economy – are bitter about the corporate greed that’s sucked the water from local aquifers, and they are hurting.
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Maybe you’ve been following the recent trial in Preston of anti-fracking activists who were arrested while occupying a Cuadrilla fracking rig in Lancashire. The court found the activists guilty of aggravated trespass and assault.
The UK Coalition Government is dancing to the tune of the fracking companies
The Frack Off Extreme Energy Action Network has published information about the revolving door between government, Cuadrilla and other oil and gas industry companies, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), which  released a report on fracking last month (June 2012). Until last year Lord Browne, Chairman of Cuadrilla, was President of the RAE. He owns 30% of Cuadrilla and is also a non-executive director of the Cabinet Office.
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