Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published December 2, 2012
This government came into power on a wave of promises. Who can forget the sight of David Cameron in the Arctic, as a guest of WWF, hugging a husky and promising us “The greenest government ever”. A sight that some of us might now wish to linger on for quite...
Anna's Road / Information Level - Basic / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published December 1, 2012
As part of a national day of protest against Fracking, local residents from Lytham and St Annes’ met at St Anne’s railway station this morning for a good natured march to the rig at Anna’s Road. The weather was perfect – but then they do say that the sun shines...
Energy Prices / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues
by Refracktion · Published November 29, 2012
You could almost be forgiven for thinking that there IS no policy to impose shale gas fracking on the Fylde Coast!
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published November 29, 2012
It’s good to see that Refracktion are already being listened to in the news! Mixed reaction to Cuadrilla fracking survey results by David Simister http://www.champnews.com/newsstory.aspx?story=3033027 MORE residents support controversial ‘fracking’ operations being carried out near Banks than oppose it – according to a survey commissioned by the firm carrying them...
Following a vote in the European Parliament this week Euro MPs did not vote to support a moratorium on shale gas development. Given the “quality of the debate” we have to say that this was perhaps not particularly surprising. In this clip you can hear two highly paid people (who...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Anna's Road / Chemicals / Dangers / Environment / Health Risks / Information Level - Medium / ORIS / Political Issues / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published November 24, 2012
On 16th November Cuadrilla announced that they had made a decision to re-spud their well on Anna’s Road, Westby. [DECC defines a well to be a borehole drilled into the earth from a single surface or subsurface location to a single subsurface location. If the surface location changes but target...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published November 22, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2012
Cuadrilla Resources recently commissioned BritainThinks to conduct 1,000 telephone interviews with people living in three council areas – Blackpool, Fylde and West Lancashire. The stated purpose of the survey was to understand peoples’ attitudes about shale gas, together with their beliefs about the potential benefits and risks associated with 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."
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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