Fracking is a process that is struggling to gain a foothold in the UK. As the companies involved scrabble to get permission to drill across vast swathes of the countryside, they are also fighting a battle to win the hearts and minds of the population, because they know that without...
Industry Tactics / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Traffic
by Refracktion · Published January 15, 2017 · Last modified January 16, 2017
It was with absolute incredulity that we read the latest effluent from industry front group Lancashire For Shale, claiming that “Campaigners protesting against Cuadrilla’s shale gas exploration works have today forced the closure of the A583 for the second time this week, at a potential cost to the economy of...
Environment / House Prices / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Property Damage / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published January 15, 2017
UKOOG issued a new report on Fracking on 10th January 2017, with a press release claiming “UKOOG publishes study showing limited impact of shale gas development on countryside” With no sense of irony, they gave the report the title “DEVELOPING SHALE GAS AND MAINTAINING THE BEAUTY OF THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE”...
You may have read about our concerns about the misleading statements being churned out by Cuadrilla of late and our frustrated attempts to extract meaningful answers from Lexington Communications who front up Cuadrilla’s “Community Information Line”. Well, it seems that they were finally able to provide an answer of sorts...
Continuing on from our post “There are more questions than answers” we have now had a response to the questions we asked the staff at Lexington Communications who man the “Cuadrilla Information line”. Readers may recall that we had 3 questions which their staff were struggling to answer: 1. What...
Having had no response from the Cuadrilla Information Line for 5 days we tried again this evening and got Joel’s colleague at PR Company, Lexington Communications – a bright lady called Charlotte who didn’t give her surname. (To be fair I didn’t ask for it). Apparently I may have to wait...
…and the more I find out the less I know” So being interested to get to the bottom of a few Cuadrilla communication issues which has arisen I called the Community Information line on Friday last week. Here’s how it went: JM: Hello – Community Information line JH:...
We know how keen Cuadrilla are to use rubgy pitches as a comparison so it seems appropriate to use them as a metaphor here. The posts do seem to be moving before the referee has even allowed the game to start. As far as we are aware the planning permission...
So Cuadrilla have started work at Preston New Road and have written to local councillors to let them know. (It seems local residents have not yet been informed) They include a reassuring statement about the size of the site. “WORK BEGINS AT PRESTON NEW ROAD EXPLORATION SITE I am writing...
Industry Tactics / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published December 23, 2016 · Last modified January 3, 2017
It is hard to know how to react to the industry front group astroturfers, Backing Fracking, sometimes. As we have seen previously the group’s claims to represent ordinary members of the community rather than business interests are risible to say the least. Previously though the main individual posting seemed to...
“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."
Parliament 22 September 2022
"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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Take the advice of Greg Clark, ex-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government
"Those who are prepared to organise to be more effective and more efficient should be able to reap substantially the rewards of that boldness ...
Take power now. Don’t let yourself, any longer, be ruled by someone else"
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