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...
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...
In the early hours of Monday 7th December, 2015, the Roseacre Awareness Group’s anti-fracking protest signage was removed by trespassing on and stealing people’s private property. To say that this demonstrates just how badly the supporters of fracking are losing the argument is an understatement Here is CCTV footage of...
Well Backing Fracking finally held their promised vigil – not in Preston as advertised, but hastily moved to Blackpool. They say because of the problems in Preston (which don’t seem to have phased the TUC). We think it’s more likely that they just panicked when they realised what an embarrassingly...
Dangers / Environment / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published December 17, 2015 · Last modified December 19, 2015
480 years ago a scholar and theologian named William Tyndale was put to death, by being strangled and burned, for having committed the heresy of translating the bible into English. We have learned from The Bee that today in Preston a close namesake, Stephen Tindale – will address a vigil...
Industry Tactics / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published December 16, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2015
I think it must be 🙂 Well done The Blackpool Gazette! Perhaps not quite as funny but still quite apposite are the contextual ads on The Bee’s report, given that if Backing Fracking get their way many locals may find themselves in an involuntary vapour zone.
It is a well worn tactic by the fracking industry to try to buy local support, and in doing so divide the community. “Look – we’ll pay for a sports hall. Great Mr Smith – you want it. Oh Mr Brown you don’t, so by opposing fracking you are denying...
Sometimes the fracking industry tries too hard and leaves themselves open to ridicule Shell made this “Oh So Clever” “arty” French love story to push “natural” gas It wasn’t long before this drew this far cleverer response from Brazil’s Observatório do Clima which makes Shell’s efforts look totally lame and...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published November 27, 2015
The Secretary of State (Greg Clark) is to call in Cuadrilla’s two fracking appeals in Lancashire. The Planning Inspector will still produce a report but the decision will be made at Westminster. The reason given is that the drilling appeals (3134385 and 3134386) involve proposals for exploring and developing shale...
Industry Tactics / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published November 22, 2015 · Last modified January 16, 2016
In the wake of the car-crash fail that was the Backing Fracking “rally” next to Blackpool Football Club we thought that maybe this hilarious #socialmedaifail video Should be added to this one As far as we can tell the only big thing that started on Friday was the lorry carrying...
“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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"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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