We know how keen Cuadrilla are to use rubgy pitches as a comparison so it seems appropriate to use them as a metaphor here. The posts do seem to be moving before the referee has even allowed the game to start. As far as we are aware the planning permission...
So Cuadrilla have started work at Preston New Road and have written to local councillors to let them know. (It seems local residents have not yet been informed) They include a reassuring statement about the size of the site. “WORK BEGINS AT PRESTON NEW ROAD EXPLORATION SITE I am writing...
Alexander Pope’s line was borrowed back in the 60s in the Times newspaper (when it still had a decent reputation) to ridicule the prosecution and imprisonment of Mick Jagger for possession of Italian pep pills (benzedrine). In 2016 the line resonates with those of us who are aghast to see...
Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published September 30, 2016 · Last modified October 13, 2016
As we wait to find out what decision the Planning Inspector recommended to determine Cuadrilla’s appeal on the Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood applications, and how it will be supported, or otherwise, by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, it has been interesting to...
Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published January 14, 2016
On February 9th between 9 and 11 am the Lancashire groups will be joining together to demonstrate local opposition to fracking as the planning appeal on Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood starts. Venue: Blackpool FC – Bloomfield Road Blackpool, England, Blackpool Please see this Facebook Event for further details...
Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published November 27, 2015 · Last modified December 1, 2015
Opponents of shale gas exploitation here in the Fylde are well used to watching our MP, Mr Mark Menzies, sitting on the fence and claiming credit for having done something when in fact he is just doing a very good impersonation of the dog in “His Master Voice”. Back in...
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...
Employment / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Basic / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published August 31, 2015 · Last modified September 1, 2015
The pro-fracker’s latest PR stunt is to try to profit from the misfortune of a PR Marriott employee who has been made redundant by trying to lay the entire blame for this on Lancashire County Council (for having refused permission to Cuadrilla to sink exploration wells last July), and by...
Accidents / Air Polllution / Chemicals / Dangers / Earthquakes / Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Radioactivity / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published July 15, 2015
PRESTON NEW ROAD COMMUNITY GROUP PRESS INFORMATION 15th July 2015 Preston New Road Community Group Slams New Task Force Report Preston New Road Community Group has described the newly-published report by the Task Force on Shale Gas – Assessing the Impact of Shale Gas on the Local Environment and Health...
Dangers / Environment / Information Level - Basic / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Property Damage / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published July 1, 2015 · Last modified April 2, 2022
Hot on the heels of the LCC decision to refuse Cuadrilla’s planning applications for Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road we saw a Westminster Hall debate on fracking. In this debate Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton proposed a buffer zone of six miles between fracking sites and an...
“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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