Readers of this blog will have see how Cuadrilla have claimed that the traffic light system only applies if a tremor happens while they are pumping – “If we had been pumping at that time it would have indeed been an amber event we would have confirmed it.” Imagine my...
Dangers / Earthquakes / Preston New Road
by Refracktion · Published October 19, 2018 · Last modified October 20, 2018
STOP PRESS – a further quake of 0.3ml (5 times stronger than the strongest one yesterday – a 0.2 ml ) has occurred this afternoon The regulations require fracking to proceed with caution when induced seismicity reaches 0.0-0.5 magnitude (amber) and stop immediately (red) if it reaches 0.5. We are...
Earthquakes / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Preese Hall / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published October 2, 2016 · Last modified October 3, 2016
No not policemen – edits to Wikipedia. There is a Wikipedia article on “Hydraulic fracking in the United Kingdom” which, until quite recently has served as a vehicle for our old friend, Ken Wilkinson, to push his views on fracking, and give himself something to quote from when his arguments...
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...
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...
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by Refracktion · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified January 20, 2013
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...
“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."
Twitter 7:24 AM · Feb 28, 2022
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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