Public Opinion / The National Frackery
by Refracktion · Published September 3, 2015 · Last modified September 4, 2015
Bruegel’s Hunters in the snow is a painting that offers us the light and shade of human existence . We thought that as the human existence on the Fylde soon won’t be complete without a fracking well we should add one. If you enjoy this please like and share our...
Public Opinion / The National Frackery
by Refracktion · Published September 3, 2015 · Last modified September 4, 2015
The Mona Lisa’s enigmatic half smile has long been a subject of conjecture, but now at last we know that she looked to sad and wistful because they had ruined the countryside outside her window in PEDL 165 by siting enough pads to extract 12 TCF of gas. Yes that...
Campaigning / Information Level - Basic / Public Opinion / The National Frackery
by Refracktion · Published September 3, 2015 · Last modified March 12, 2019
Fortunately for them, the residents of Cumbria and the Lake District are unlikely to suffer from fracking – they just have the joys of nuclear waste dumping to look forward too. Funny how this stuff all happens away from the South isn’t it? If you enjoy this please like and...
Employment / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published August 31, 2015 · Last modified September 1, 2015
The pro-fracker’s latest PR stunt is to try to profit from the misfortune of a PR Marriott employee who has been made redundant by trying to lay the entire blame for this on Lancashire County Council (for having refused permission to Cuadrilla to sink exploration wells last July), and by...
Accidents / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Information Level - Medium / Preese Hall
by Refracktion · Published August 27, 2015
B.C. Oil and Gas Commission reports that a 4.6-magnitude earthquake in northeastern British Columbia last week has been linked to the largest earthquake in the province that’s already been attributed to fracking – a 4.4-magnitude earthquake that was felt in Fort St. John and Fort Nelson in August 2014. This...
Environment / Information Level - Advanced / Political Issues / Property Damage / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published August 24, 2015 · Last modified September 21, 2015
4000 wells would require 100 well pads even if they could manage 40 wells per pad 4000 wells would only generate about 12.5 TCF of gas using IoD estimates for EURs It would take nearly a decade to produce 1 year’s worth of UK gas demand It would require nearly...
Information Level - Medium / Media / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published August 4, 2015
DECC Public Attitudes Tracker – Wave 14 released in August 2015 shows that public support for shale gas extraction continues to weaken. Perhaps the most significant finding is that “support for fracking appears to be linked to awareness…The only group to be more supportive are those that haven’t heard of...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Radioactivity / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published July 15, 2015
PRESTON NEW ROAD COMMUNITY GROUP PRESS INFORMATION 15th July 2015 Preston New Road Community Group Slams New Task Force Report Preston New Road Community Group has described the newly-published report by the Task Force on Shale Gas – Assessing the Impact of Shale Gas on the Local Environment and Health...
Dangers / Environment / Health Risks / House Prices / Information Level - Basic / Property Damage / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published July 13, 2015
A recent article in the Solicitors’ Journal entitled “Fracking: What you need to consider” discusses issues which need to be considered by conveyancing solicitors in areas where fracking may take place. [The article can only be accessed in full by registered users but you can sign up for a free...
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by Refracktion · Published July 2, 2015 · Last modified July 8, 2015
The Report on The Shale Gas Rural Economy impacts was published in heavily redacted form, generating a storm of protest in March 2014. Over a year later, and coincidentally just after the LCC decisions on Cuadrilla’s two development site applications, on July 1st 2015, the full report was finally published....
“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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