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The meeting served to take stock of the campaign to collect signatures.
It was attended by spokespersons of various localities of Murcia and Albacete.
Last Saturday, March 14, a new coordination meeting of civic platform "Segura Basin Fracking Free" took place.
On this occasion, the meeting was in Cieza, in the Ateneo de la Villa-Club Atalaya.
One of the main issues to be discussed at the meeting, attended by members of the Platform localities of Murcia and Albacete, was performing balance of the campaign to collect signatures started months ago.
Antonio Murga, a member of the Platform, explains, "We are pleased that we collected over 5,000 signatures from residents who reject the use of hydraulic fracturing, and claim to government to revoke a research permits have been granted without informing people that were doing this, and especially without informing people of what the real risks they are exposing them "
In that sense, Murga recalls that "citizens have a right to which we are informed, and policymakers the reporting obligation. But here what has been done is to approve a prospecting permits on over 290,000 hectares without without inform or even to the remaining populations within areas of prospecting "
And people should know, he continues, that "say yes to fracking is saying yes, inter alia, the injection of toxic subsurface substances, threatening groundwater and surface water. Putting ultimately jeopardize the future and health of the population in these areas. "
Therefore, announced from the platform, which are soon to recall the thousands of signatures collected to "the political leaders of this nonsense, and in particular to the regional governments of Murcia, Albacete and the Central government, calling for the suspension of permissions "
In the Segura basin there are four permits approved research (1 and 2 Aries, Leo and Scorpio) and requested permission fifth (Aquarius).
The survey areas affecting the northern region of Murcia, Albacete south, and west of the province of Alicante.
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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