BBC Question Time – Lancaster
BBQ Question time will be in Lancaster on Thursday 31st January If you would like to be in the audience you can apply here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17154440
Category: Public Opinion
Fantastic Support for Cuadrilla’s Planning Permission
It is heartening to see the support offered to Cuadrilla’s planning application 05/12/0729 by The Windmill Youth Group. With over 80 letters of objection received so far we were impressed that a youth group stood out against the rising tide of objection with a heartfelt paean to the employment “benefits”...
Shouldn’t MPs know better?
In an article in today’s Manchester Evening News MP Graham Stringer is quoted as saying The government, Health and Safety Executive and Environment Agency have spent two years looking at the safety implications and the pollution implications of fracking and came to the conclusion that with the right regulation, which...
Professor Mike Stephenson’s Lecture contd.
After Professor Mike Stephenson’s talk at Lancaster Radio Lancashire undertook a Vox Pop which seems to pretty much accord with our correspondent’s report. Those interviewed remained unconvinced by Professor Stephenson’s attempts to convince us that fracking is safe. This was broadcast on Graham Liver’s programme on Radio Lancashire the next...
Guest blog post – Professor Mike Stephenson’s Lecture
On Monday 1th January, Professor Mike Stephenson gave a lecture on Shale Gas: Fracking, Groundwater and Earthquakes at Lancaster University. One of Refracktion’s supporters was able to get a ticket and this is their report on the lecture. The talk was organised by the Lancaster University Environment Centre and Royal...
How much would you sell yourself for?
A report in the Blackpool Gazette tells how Wyre MP, Ben Wallace has spoken to Chancellor George Osborne, who is currently considering rewriting the tax regime for mineral extraction, to lobby that a percentage of any profits should be hived off for local use. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business-news/local-business/mp-calls-for-local-fracking-tax-1-5321645 This suggests that maybe there...
Thank you Cuadrilla!
We think we should add our praise to that lavished on Cuadrilla by Fylde Mayor Coun Heather Speak. They are quite amazing really! As we can see in the article from the Lytham St Annes Express shown below, Cuadrilla not only damaged the small community area in Treales – they...
Dr Tony Ingraffea’s article sums up very clearly the issues surrounding fracking
Dr Tony Ingraffea’s article sums up very clearly the issues surrounding fracking – it is a must read for anybody who needs an introduction to the subject. Dr Ingraffea is perhaps best-known for his co-authorship of a Cornell University 2011 study that established the greenhouse gas footprint of fracking as...
Cuadrilla’s new survey is clutching at straws again
We are all for constructive public discourse, but it needs to be based on the truth! If one party keeps misleading the other the dialogue just can’t happen can it?
Happy Christmas!
It has been an eventful year hasn’t it? (LOL) I don’t think many of us expected to be campaigning against fracking this time last year (or wanted to be doing so) – so much of what happened before just went under the radar. I want to thank those of you...
