Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published September 18, 2013
Back in August we read with amazement that Francis Egan of Cuadrilla had had death threats made to him These claims were of course widely publicised in the Mail, Telegraph, Independent and Guardian. Even The Sun got in on the act although they probably had to illustrate the article with...
Campaigning / Information Level - Basic / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published September 17, 2013
To celebrate the fact that both The Blackpool Gazette and The Lytham St Anne’s Express have got themselves worked up into a ludicrous lather about the fact that somebody showed a Downfall parody spoofing fracking, we thought we’d give another airing to our own version. It’s quite similar to the...
Balcombe / Environment / Information Level - Basic / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 9, 2013
This comment on Cuadrilla’s record can be found in the comments section of the Daily Telegraph article on Cuadrilla’s most recent breach Let’s be very clear about Cuadrilla’s record. In 2011 their fracking caused earthquakes because they had performed inadequate geological surveys. They deformed their well casing at PH1 well...
Balcombe / Environment / Information Level - Basic / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 8, 2013
If you ever wonder if Mark Menzies much hyped “gold standard” of regulation is going to save you from Cuadrilla’s ineptitude here on the Fylde consider this sorry tale: PRESS COMMENT Sunday September 8th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No FiBS (No Fracking in Balcombe Society) Cuadrilla admitted yesterday that they have...
Action / Balcombe / Campaigning / Information Level - Basic
by Refracktion · Published September 3, 2013
Balcombe NEWSFLASH! – orginally posted on the http://www.frackingdigest.co.uk/ site Cuadrilla have withdrawn their applications for modifying their existing application (6 months extra time, and the modified flaring). That’s the good news. The bad news is that they plan to put in a new application, on 27th September. It might take...
Dangers / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 2, 2013 · Last modified September 3, 2013
New government guidelines proposed suggest fracking companies will not have to let you know about their plans to drill under your property! We learn in the consultation document that The Government is minded to amend the notice requirements for applications for planning permission for under ground oil and gas operations....
Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published August 18, 2013 · Last modified August 20, 2013
Having heard Peter Lilley asserting that we have had 200 wells fracked already in this country without anybody noticing I thought I would go straight to the horse’s mouth to try to get some substantiation for this claim. In the Daily Telegraph of 10th August 2013 Peter Style, Professor in...
Information Level - Basic / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published August 18, 2013 · Last modified August 19, 2013
In an interview with Radio 5 live in which he was “debating” the goings on at Balcombe with Vanessa Vine of Frack Free Sussex, Peter Lilley repeatedly stated that nearly 200 wells have been fracked in the UK already and that this technique had been going on for decades without...
A poll in the Daily Mirror which has run for 3 dyas shows 93% of people responded “No” to the question “Are you in favour of fracking?” At one point yesterday the poll showed 94% against. It seem that the events at Balcombe and the police’s apparently heavy handed approach...
We are in awe of the ability of government ministers to put their feet into their mouths with such consistent accuracy. Lord Howell’s gaffes this week are classics of the genre. Now, one of the accusations that gets levelled at those opposed to fracking in the Fylde from time 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."
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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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