A week or so ago number of Protectors were on the roadside by Wensley’s farm and noticed that a cow, which seemed to have been isolated in the field next to his house, had a very red udder. Today, while at Preston New Road I went to inspect Cuadrilla’s new...
Environment / Industry Tactics / Preston New Road / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published March 2, 2017 · Last modified March 3, 2017
We learned yesterday on the Drill or Drop website that Senior Lancashire County Council councillors have been criticising Cuadrilla‘s record on planning conditions. Marcus Johnson, the cabinet member for environment, planning and cultural services, told the council’s development control committee this morning: “It has to be said that, as we...
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”...
Earthquakes / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Preese Hall / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published October 2, 2016 · Last modified October 3, 2016
No not policemen – edits to Wikipedia. There is a Wikipedia article on “Hydraulic fracking in the United Kingdom” which, until quite recently has served as a vehicle for our old friend, Ken Wilkinson, to push his views on fracking, and give himself something to quote from when his arguments...
Dangers / Environment / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 26, 2016
Today’s Times front page carries an article about a draft ruling made by the ASA on 5 complaints made about a Friends of the Earth Leaflet by fracktastic tag team of The Reverend Roberts and the now discredited Ken Wilkinson. Interestingly according to ASA procedures, all draft rulings must remain...
Earthquakes / Environment / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published September 21, 2016
One of the key questions that needs to be answered if fracking were to be given the go ahead relates to the water treatment facilities in the UK capable of processing waste water from shale gas extraction. A question was put to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and...
Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published September 1, 2016
Today’s sermon from the Church of St Michael Insanum will be based on a text from Galatians 6:7 “For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” On Wednesday this week, Dr Ania Szolucha of the University of Bergen launched her peer-reviewed research paper on “The Social Futures of...
Environment / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues
by Refracktion · Published June 14, 2016
Over the last few weeks a number of commentators have become increasingly concerned that the report from the Committee on Climate Change to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, produced under the direction of the 2015 Infrastructure Act, has not been made public. This report deals with...
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...
Dangers / Environment / Health Risks / Information Level - Medium / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published December 22, 2015
Today’s news is the discovery, by researchers from the University of Aberdeen, that high levels of a potentially toxic chemical have been discovered in rock samples taken from an area of the UK targeted for shale gas extraction. The chemical in question is Selenium, and the area concerned is the...
“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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