Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Public Opinion / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published June 12, 2015
In the run up to the LCC decision on Cuadrilla’s development wells next week the fracking industry PR machine has been spewing out stories based on what looks like totally fictitious grass-roots support Yesterday it was the turn of a handful of local farmers to bang the drum and the...
[A guest post by Alan Tootill] The newly released preliminary results on health problems in just one Pennsylvania county allegedly due to fracking have just appeared. The verdict appears to indicate there may be more problems due to air pollution that water pollution. It’s worth quoting the central points –...
Environment / Health Risks / Political Issues / Property Damage
by Refracktion · Published July 18, 2013
For a variety of reasons, the expectation of the number of shale gas wells needing to be drilled in the UK deserves a wider discussion than it has had so far. The suspicion is that the topic is one which the industry and the pro-fracking government want to avoid. Indeed...
I am obviously not referring to the comments on the Telegraph pages which seem to be the unique preserve of a certain kind of swivel-eyed, anti-EU, foaming at the mouth Farage-alike. I am referring here to the Guardian comments on a “Comment Is Free” article penned by an American politician...
Anna's Road / Dangers / Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published May 13, 2013
Two months ago we posed the question of why Cuadrilla were claiming to be voluntarily delaying their drilling at Anna’s Road Now, they had been waiting rather impatiently for nearly 2 years for the unofficial ban on fracking to be lifted. They messed up their drilling at Anna’s road and...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / House Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Radioactivity / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified January 20, 2013
On Monday 1th January, Professor Mike Stephenson gave a lecture on Shale Gas: Fracking, Groundwater and Earthquakes at Lancaster University. One of Refracktion’s supporters was able to get a ticket and this is their report on the lecture. The talk was organised by the Lancaster University Environment Centre and Royal...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / House Prices / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 17, 2013
A report in the Blackpool Gazette tells how Wyre MP, Ben Wallace has spoken to Chancellor George Osborne, who is currently considering rewriting the tax regime for mineral extraction, to lobby that a percentage of any profits should be hived off for local use. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business-news/local-business/mp-calls-for-local-fracking-tax-1-5321645 This suggests that maybe there...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Radioactivity / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 16, 2013 · Last modified June 13, 2013
The job of Health, Safety and Environment Director is an important one. We haven’t see Cuadrilla’s job description for this post , but here is how the UK’s official graduate careers website defines the responsibility of a Health and Safety Adviser (Presumably the responsibilities of a Director are commensurately greater)...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / Information Level - Medium / Radioactivity / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 9, 2013
From the RAFF Facebook Page – We thought this important enough to make it permanent here! The shale gas industry here in the UK has not been open about the threats to the health of people living nearby sites where ‘fracking’ takes place. Of course earthquakes, water and land contamination,...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / Information Level - Basic / Property Damage / Public Opinion / Radioactivity / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published January 4, 2013
Dr Tony Ingraffea’s article sums up very clearly the issues surrounding fracking – it is a must read for anybody who needs an introduction to the subject. Dr Ingraffea is perhaps best-known for his co-authorship of a Cornell University 2011 study that established the greenhouse gas footprint of fracking as...
“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."
Twitter 7:24 AM · Feb 28, 2022
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"
We apologise, but due to the malign influence of Elon Musk we no longer use Twitter
More
"What you have to be able to do when you decide you want to hydraulic fracture is make sure there are no faults in the area. That's really very very important"
Professor Mike Stephenson - Director of Science and Technology - British Geological Survey
Roseacre Awareness Group
Refracktion
Defend Lytham
RAFF Group
Ribble Estuary Against Fracking
Fracking Digest – a summary of the week’s news
Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association
Frack Free Sussex
Frack Free York
Halsall Against Fracking
If you would like your group to be added please contact us
