Protests against proposed fracking operations in England culminated this week with the arrest of Caroline Lucas (pictured), a Green Party member of parliament, for refusing to cooperate with police during a demonstration. Meanwhile, the latest geophysical research concludes that over 100 quakes were triggered in a single year of fracking-related activities in Ohio. Lucas was among a handful of demonstrators arrested during a protest at a site in West Sussex where oil and gas exploration firm Cuadrilla aims to sink a conventional oil well as a prelude to possible f racking operations. No permission has yet been given for f racking.
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