At 4:30 this morning BBC’s Hard Talk featured Francis Egan being grilled by Stephen Sackur The video must make uncomfortable viewing if you are a pro-fracker as Mr Egan stumbles through a not very convincing case under some testing questions from his interviewer. Some highlights: At 5:26 Stephen Sackur ...
One of our readers has contacted us with a guest post which is reproduced below. It makes very interesting reading: There has been some condemnation recently of MP Kevin Hollinrake, who was a Vice Chair of the APPG on Unconventional Oil and Gas. He resigned when he was made aware...
Political Issues / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published January 19, 2016 · Last modified January 20, 2016
Yesterday Kevin Hollinrake resigned from the vice-chairmanship of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas claiming he had not previously been aware of any potential conflicts of interests in the way the group was funded. If I were an MP I think I might be aware of...
Yesterday in the debate on the Energy Bill few dared stand up for fracking, but one who did was South Suffolk Conservative MP James Cartlidge. He reasoned thus: “The point is that some of the stuff we’re hearing coming out in the media warns of terrible things that could happen....
Industry Tactics / Public Opinion / Uncategorized / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 17, 2016 · Last modified January 18, 2016
We were struck recently by a page on the IGas PLC website which makes 2 highly misleading and exaggerated claims in the space of a couple of paragraphs. It is interesting that the shale gas companies do not seem to observe the same standard of honesty to which they seem...
Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published January 17, 2016 · Last modified January 18, 2016
Cuadrilla’s community engagement initiatives at their proposed fracking site at Preston new Road may have ground to a halt, but that doesn’t mean that they have stopped trying to influence opinion. Cuadrilla have a long history of using PR Companies, often in a rather inept way. A leaflet created with...
Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published January 14, 2016
On February 9th between 9 and 11 am the Lancashire groups will be joining together to demonstrate local opposition to fracking as the planning appeal on Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood starts. Venue: Blackpool FC – Bloomfield Road Blackpool, England, Blackpool Please see this Facebook Event for further details...
Sir Philip Dilley, controversial chairman of the Environment Agency, has resigned. His resignation statement included this explanation:”My reason for resigning is that the expectations of the role have expanded to require the Chairman to be available at short notice throughout the year, irrespective of routine arrangements for deputy and executive...
The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday on the interesting story about Sir Philip Dilley, the Chairman of the Environment Agency, being out of the country on holiday in Barbados as the Boxing Day floods hit. Now, to be charitable, everyone is allowed a holiday, and nobody could perhaps have accurately predicted...
Thank you to all of the people who have followed this blog throughout 2015. Next year promises to be a demanding one but we have won battles before and we shall win them again. In the meantime the message on our Christmas nativity scene seems more appropriate than ever 🙂
“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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"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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