Dangers / Environment / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published March 25, 2013
The mission statement of OUGO (Office of Unconventional Gas) was published and confirmed the simple fact that the UK government is absolutely determined to push ahead with shale gas and other unconventional gas and oil development at any cost. The brief included: “Making the most of our natural resources, Enabling...
Environment / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues
by Refracktion · Published March 25, 2013
Green MP Caroline Lucas pointed out the potential impact of Ed Davey’s announcement on energy prices, reminding him that the only two nuclear power stations under construction in Europe currently were billions of pounds and years over budget. The only benefit would be to French taxpayers, at the expense of...
Environment / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published March 25, 2013
The big UK fracking story of the week was on 20th March, the budget speech by George Osborne. After exempting the pottery industry amongst others from the Climate Change Levy, and announcing more subsidies for the declining North Sea industry he said: “But I also want Britain to tap into...
We keep hearing it – Cuadrilla repeat it at every turn because they know that it is one of their routes to gaining community acceptance. We, and many others have questioned the promised employment boom on the basis that whilst a few temporary local jobs would of course be created...
We are starting to get concerned about the welfare of Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla. We have noted before that there seems to be something going around locally which makes people forget things that they said recently and then say something which contradicts it shortly afterwards. Our MP, Mark Menzies,...
A rather unconvincing sounding Francis Egan was interviewed alongside Tony Juniper former head of Friends of the Earth on the Sunday Politics at about 11:30. It will be on the BBC Iplayer here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rbxkg/Sunday_Politics_North_West_24_03_2013/ As we have now learned to expect Mr Egan came out with the usual platitudes and...
Energy Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 24, 2013
One of the little discussed issues around the recent announcement that the government is going to throw tax breaks at an industry which insists it doesn’t actually want or need them (see https://www.refracktion.org/index.php/fracking-and-the-budget/) is that it turns us all into investors in this business, as it is now OUR money...
Energy Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 23, 2013
As expected George Osborne used his budget speech on Wednesday to express government support for the fracking industry. He said: In the spending round, we will provide support for energy-intensive industries beyond 2015. For the North sea, we will this year sign contracts for future decommissioning relief, the expectation of...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 23, 2013
Re-published from REAF – Ribble Estuary Against Fracking We are republishing REAF’s latest news item relating to Cuadrilla’s blatant disregard for community involvement despite DECC stating that engagement with the community is an essential part of any Environmental Risk Assessment (ESA). Please share this as the drilling companies and the...
Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published March 14, 2013
What are we to make of our newly parachuted-in MP? Here in Fylde we grew accustomed to being represented by an MP, Michael Jack, who clearly held the interests of his constituents close to his heart. More than that, his wife, Alison, campaigned tirelessy and effectively to defend the area...
“They are lifting the ban, but they cannot supply the evidence, and the British Geological Survey report published today certainly does not do it. So in the absence of the evidence, his approach is to change the safety limits.
I look forward to him and his colleagues explaining his charter for earthquakes to the people of Lancashire, Yorkshire, the midlands, Sussex, Dorset and, indeed, Somerset who will be part of his dangerous experiment. Let me tell the Conservatives that we will hang this broken promise round their necks in every part of the country between now and the next general election."
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"Additional UK production won’t materially affect the wholesale market price. This includes fracking – UK producers won’t sell shale gas to UK consumers below the market price. They’re not charities."
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