Earthquakes / Information Level - Advanced / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published July 8, 2013
Are the fault lines in fracking starting to show? A very interesting comment by DavidKSmythe appeared on an Observer article about the fracking industry– this weekend. So interesting that we thought we should reproduce it for you here. We have edited out a comment on the ethical practices of the...
We feel we may have given the impression that Francis Egan was trying to mislead listeners in his radio interview with Radio Lancashire this morning. However, it has been pointed out to us that we may have been traducing a philanthropic benefactor. Listening again to the interview we can confirm...
When it’s in a press release! Last Summer Cuadrilla made the claim in their “Community Newsletter” that Cuadrilla uses proven, safe technologies to explore for and recover natural gas Refracktion complained to the ASA about this statement and they duly adjudicated that On this point, the claim “Cuadrilla uses proven,...
Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published July 1, 2013 · Last modified July 2, 2013
Guest blogger Alan Tootill subjects the reports of hugely increased gas reserves to some scrutiny Last week the British Geological Survey (BGS) produced a new estimate of how much gas there is in the shale rock under the North of England. This was hailed by the media as showing what...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published May 31, 2013
“I read the news today oh boy – 74,000 jobs in Blackpool, Lancashire” OK well not quite. The Institute of Directors published their “big up the shale” report recently and one of the much repeated headlines was based on the claim that shale gas in the UK could create 74,000...
Energy Prices / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues
by Refracktion · Published May 13, 2013
My son asked me this the other day – he’s a teenager and into asking awkward questions 🙂 He’s not alone though – The question which is regularly flung at us is “well if you don’t want shale gas what would you do instead to keep the lights on, keep...
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...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published May 8, 2013
What, you may ask has what happens in Canada got to do with fracking on the Fylde? Well the EU is considering a draft Canada-EU Trade Agreement treaty which would “establish a fair and equitable treatment” obligation that outlaws any “breach of legitimate expectations of investors”. In practice this means...
Campaigning / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published May 1, 2013 · Last modified May 2, 2013
It’s fairly obvious that the proposed offer of community bribes wouldn’t be necessary if what was being proposed with fracking wasn’t a bad thing for the area. However, we think that the government may have miscalculated very badly in making it clear that they think they can buy off any...
Campaigning / Information Level - Basic / Meetings / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published May 1, 2013
Yesterday we attended the event hosted by Frack Free Fylde at which prospective Lancashire County Councillors from Lytham were quizzed about fracking and their views on it by local people. Well we say their “views”, but what was depressing and revealing was the lack of interest that most of them...
“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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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"
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