38 Degrees Kent

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  • Keep kent Frack Free
    1) It is not sustainable to develop new sources of fossil fuels. If climate change is to be limited to 2°C, which is necessary to avoid catastrophic impacts, 80% of proven fossil fuels reserves cannot be burnt. We note that, with one quarter of the county less than 5m above sea level, Kent is very vulnerable to the rise in sea level that will result from our changing climate. 2) All water supplies in Kent are severely stressed. Fracking requires very large quantities of clean water (almost 19 million litres per frack). There is not an adequate water supply in Kent to sustain fracking. 3) Fracking produces very large quantities of polluted water which contain radioactive elements from deep underground. Water treatment plants cannot safely dispose of this waste. 4) Water supplies can be polluted by fracking due to pollutants leaking from the shale rock, or from wells drilled through an aquifer. There are many cases of water pollution from fracking documented in the USA. 5) Kent’s roads are already busy with many heavy goods vehicles. Development of onshore oil or gas extraction would require many truck movements, increasing the heavy vehicle goods traffic on Kent’s major and rural roads. 6) We value the peace and amenity of Kent’s countryside, and oppose onshore oil and gas development that would industrialise rural Kent. Production from onshore wells is short-lived, requiring many wells to be drilled. 7) Financial analysts, the Chancellor and the onshore oil and gas industry all accept that development of shale oil and gas in the UK will not reduce the price of gas.
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    Created by Tim Valentine
  • Keep the lights on in Kent!
    People in the affected areas are suffering from increased crime and fear of crime, such as damage to cars and property. Taxis, the fire brigade and police can't see house numbers in the dark, delaying responses, which could threaten people's safety - the police apparently oppose KCC's action. People are worried if they have to go out in the dark streets because they could trip on uneven pavements and tree roots. This affects many people who return from work late at night or have to leave very early to get to work. I live in Thanet, and there have been many complaints about KCC's policy of turning off lights on social media such as Streetlife, and this affects most people except those who live on main roads.
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    Created by Margaret Symonds
  • More Staff for Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
    My mother was recently taken into Kent and Canterbury Hospital, having suffered chest pains after receiving a flu jab. She had been advised to dial 999, should this be the case. I arrived at the hospital with my father at around 9.30pm, on the evening in question - my mother had been there, since around 8.00pm. We were told that she would need to be seen by a senior doctor, before a decision could be made, as to whether to discharge her, or keep her in over night. So we waited... And waited... And continued to wait, until 6.30am the following morning, before she was finally seen, by 'the senior doctor'. I use single quotes, as we were informed, during the night, that there was just ONE senior doctor to oversee the entire hospital. The reason it took so long for him to reach my mother, was due to an emergency case on one of the wards, along with the number of other people, needing to be seen first. I am sure you will agree, that this is completely unacceptable and that more frontline staff are needed, in order to avoid situations, such as this. As it happened, my mother wasn't in any danger, but supposing she had have been?
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    Created by Julian Field
  • Gillingham
    Don't cut sickness benefit
    As someone who has already suffered by government cuts to sickness benefit, I know this cut will make life even more difficult for people living with disabilities. My wife and I both live with disabilities and can't work. But both of our sickness benefits have been stopped and we have to survive off of our savings. I have worked all my life, they do not care. £30 a week is a huge amount to cut, and another example of the government treating disabled people as second class citizens.
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    Created by Alan Cooksey Picture