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Water resources Health and safety, air pollution Agriculture Methane, carbon footprints Business life, industrialisation Resident’s housing, insurance, earthquakes Traffic and infrastructure Overall financial case Response from Mike Hill to our letter to Swanage Town Council, (Mike was CC) I fully agree with your sentiment. As a contributing author (I wrote 3 chapters of the Medact Report) together with Dr Saunders and Dr McCoy then I am happy to help with any meetings /questions that might arise. Regards Mike Hill (Oil & Gas Consulting Engineer) Fracking must be banned everywhere because it: - pollutes the aquifers irreversibly with biocides and toxic and radioactive substances - creates earthquakes and destabilises the subterrain - worsens climate change - produces vast amounts of toxic waste including volatile organics and other carcinogens - produces or releases radioactive deposits - releases the neurotoxin, silica. - fails as a solution to our energy needs - accelerates species extinction - contributes to forest fragmentation - creates conduits for invasive species - industrializes the landscape - exposes workers to hazardous working conditions, carcinogens, and labor abuses - exposes communities to high public health risks News about fracking Tweets by ruthhayhurst Quotes Near term impacts: “Frack fluid migrate up, among other things through faults and old wells. By drilling, casing, cementing, you pollute groundwater with frack fluid and methane emissions. To casket (case?) a hole is the problem. There is large pressure and 10.000 holes (?) and the gas escapes. Hardened cement paste is used, it's not a good material, not flexible, not impermeable, it ages badly, and certainty a significant percentage of all gas wells are leaking and will leak. This will never be solved. Since 2010 5-10% of gas wells are leaking in Pennsylvania, there are 1,000 wells leaking into drinking water in Pennsylvania, 100 families have lost access to water.” (Anthony R Ingraffea) I've worked on more well sites and drilling sites than I care to mention. It's a very inexact science. There is no 100% sure way to protect a water table sitting above a well. Once the casing is in it’s in. It’s not like you can remove it and change it every 10 years! Forget visual impacts on the environment - as unpleasant as that is - it’s water table contamination that is the major issue and there is no 100% safe protection method. (Mark Wills) I've worked in the Seismology & Geophysical industries, so have a reasonably good idea of how all the technology works. And interestingly enough was introduced to a person who shall remain nameless, that was employed by a government department in Whitehall to, as he put it 'write letters to concerned members of the public, explaining that Fracking was quite safe' it was the first job he'd had since leaving uni, where he had studied on a creative arts course, he had no idea of what he was writing, it was all scripted, and admitted that there was a whole department of people - just as unqualified as him - to do this on a large scale. When I informed him of my interest and professional experience he avoided me like the plague for the rest of the evening. (Dave Sadler) The whole way that the Royal Society (of which Lord Browne is a member) was co-opted to endorse the Royal Academy Of Engineering (Lord Browne former chair) report declaring fracking 'safe if done right' was pretty iffy and to me stank of professional conflicts of interest when you consider he was the principal shareholder of Cuadrilla and special advisor on energy to the Government. Cameron's commitment to green all too quickly turned to "green crap". We are moving very rapidly away from the fossil fuel dependence model. It therefore seems to me wiser to support those politicians that support the further robust development of non-fossil energies like wind, solar and others, than to allow the bought-and-paid-for quisling politicians for the fossil industry, to hand them any more tax breaks. Cameron's lack of faith in the ability of green energies to replace the fossil industry is not supported by the facts.... Though most politicians are bad at having long term vision rather than short term opportunism. (David Knopfler) Very good websites Frack Off UK PSE Healthy Energy Uff Action Frack Free Lancashire www.isfrackingsafe.com/ frack-free.rocks Recent research round-up: March-Sept 2016 Data collection about UCG / CSG (from Australia) BRITAIN AND IRELAND FRACK FREE International legal initiatives Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Session on the Human Rights Impacts of Fracking tribunalonfracking.org Engage in actions For example: Contact politicians, Sign petitions, Support a protection camp, Volunteer/collaborate with this Action Hub. Contact your local anti-fracking group. Get your elected representatives to SIGN that they support a fracking ban: Public register of elected representatives for fracking ban www.crosspartyfrackfree.uk Send a letter to remind your elected officials of their duty of care and encourage them to sign On www.crosspartyfrackfree.uk you will find a template letter that can be used by individuals and groups to inform and notify their local County / Borough & Town Councillors about the dangers of fracking and their duty of care to protect their electorate from harm. You will also find all the reports referenced in the letter. The letter invites councillors to sign a public register held on the site saying they support a ban on fracking. Email your MPs & MEPs. Point them to the cross party frack free site to read up more about fracking and to sign the public register. Greenpeace toolkit Order a Fracktivist Pack Leading campaigners and experts say: Erin Brockovich anti-fracking campaigner, USA erin@brockovich.com - www.brockovich.com Last week Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, wrote about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released 1,000-plus draft pages of its “Hydraulic Fracturing Drinking Water Assessment.” The report took almost five years to produce and essentially tells us (in great detail) what we already knew: Fracking and drinking water are a bad combination. On top of that, the EPA finally admitted that water resources have already been contaminated by fracking: “We found specific instances where one or more mechanisms led to impacts on drinking water resources, including contamination of drinking water wells.” So much for past assertions—not just from fossil fuel companies but also from Obama administration officials—that no instance of drinking water contamination has ever been documented. And don’t even get me started on the fossil fuel PR hacks and politicians who tried to claim that this report shows that fracking is safe. When you add up the threat to drinking water and all of the other problems with fracking that this report doesn’t address—the air pollution, the climate-disrupting methane, the landscape destruction, the earthquakes—it’s as obvious as ever that fracking is dirty, dangerous, and a terrible idea. OK, so we knew that. What else, then, does this report have to tell us? Here are five takeaways, one for each year the EPA spent on this: 1. Oil and gas companies want you to know as little about fracking as possible. This EPA report offers no new research on whether fracking contaminates water supplies. Instead it relies on “available data and literature,” including previous investigations by state regulators into fracking-related water pollution. The main reason for this is that oil and gas companies did all they could to make gathering new data impossible. And they were able to do that because Congress and successive administrations have exempted them from so many federal pollution rules. 2. Opportunities abound for disaster. One thing the EPA’s report does detail is the many risks that fracking operations pose to drinking water both above and below ground—from mixing the fracking chemicals to injecting the fracking fluid into the well to handling the millions of gallons of toxic, radioactive waste water. So many ways that something could go wrong! Now you know why this report is more than 1,000 pages long. 3. Fracking is happening close to where we live. According to the EPA, “Between 2000 and 2013, approximately 9.4 million people lived within one mile of a hydraulically fractured well.” 4. Lots of fracking is also happening close to our water supplies. Again, according to the EPA: “Approximately 6,800 sources of drinking water for public water systems were located within one mile of at least one hydraulically fractured well … These drinking water sources served more than 8.6 million people year-round in 2013.” Suppose you’re lucky enough to live more than a mile from the nearest fracking site? EPA: “Hydraulic fracturing can also affect drinking water resources outside the immediate vicinity of a hydraulically fractured well.” What’s more, the EPA points out that in some places, such as Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, fracking happens at relatively shallow depths, where “oil and gas resources and drinking water resources co-exist in the same formation.” 5. What they don’t know could hurt you. Of the 1,076 chemicals used in fracking that the EPA could identify, the agency was able to assess the chemical, physical, and toxicological properties for fewer than half. Of those, the majority have the potential to “persist in the environment as long-term contaminants.” Great, but how many of them are potentially carcinogenic? The EPA could find data for about 90 of them, but offered a bureaucratic shrug of the shoulders as to what level of exposure people might have to ingest those carcinogens. Feeling reassured yet? We didn’t need 1,000 pages to figure out the obvious. We don’t even need 1,000 words. Here’s what we know: Fracking is a nationwide game of Russian roulette that puts an essential resource—drinking water—at risk every single day. The sooner it stops, the better. Fracking causes irreversible problems by Charles Miller (Consultant Engineer, Oil & Gas), Kevin Andersson (PhD, CEng, FIMechE), Thomas Meinert Larsen (Associate Professor Copenhagen University) Fracking cannot be carried out in a way that is safe for the environment. It causes irreversible damage to drinking water resources, air, soil, buildings, infrastructure, humans and animals. Scientists agree that all fracking wells will leak over time. We do not have long term experience with fracking, we are not even fracking yet in the UK. The methods used to extract gas and oil in the North Sea and in Poole Harbour in the UK are not fracking. Fracking may be profitable for some, but it's a really bad business for the public interests and our environment. The financial arguments have been misguiding as fracking is heavily subsidised in USA and for every $ made, $1.50 was spent and this is before serious and irreversible environmental damage have been taken into account. Also the arguments regarding climate change are very misguiding, as methane, which seeps from the wells and cracks, in far larger volumes than anticipated, is between 80 - 100 times more potent, and thus more damaging, than CO2. The Microbial Complications of Fracking This material is about the toxin producing bacteria in the deep subterrain, which can make steel rust and disintegrate concrete. Geomicrobiology Expert Yuri Gorby Joins Rensselaer as Blitman Professor of Engineering About Prof. Yuri Gorby VIDEO Interview with Yuri Gorby on the potential of long term impact from anaerobic sulfur reducing bacteria as they relate to fracking and geobiology. Taken at a area of ground water contamination. To see the interview with the owner of the property describing issues (Video, long version) Reports, websites and articles Links to collections of information, reports, evidence: frack-off.org.uk about waste frackfreeryedale.org reports dangersoffracking.com Just Released: 100+ New Studies Demonstrating the Risks of Fracking 100 helpful resources List of harmed What Chemicals Are Used BLOG - Biff Vernon - geologist, experienced campaigner Vanessa Vine: What is Fracking? Yorkshire MP's international quest to gather fracking facts DOCUMENTATION in English from Alerte Schiste, France Final EU report The Medact Report: Health & Fracking - The Impacts & Opportunity Costs 2015 Executive summary: Background: “The United Kingdom (UK) is presently set to expand ‘hydraulic fracturing’ of shale formations (‘fracking’) as a means of extracting unconventional gas. Proponents of fracking have argued that it can be conducted safely and will bring benefits in the form of: a) energy that is cleaner in climate terms than coal and oil; b) greater energy security; c) lower energy prices; d) more energy diversity and competition; and e) local employment and economic development. However, fracking has proven to be controversial and there are serious concerns about its safety and impact on the environment…” New York - Compendium of Scientific, Medical, & Media Findings Demonstrating Risks & Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas & Oil Extraction) 3rd Ed. October 14, 2015 The Compendium is a fully referenced compilation of the significant body of scientific, medical, and journalistic findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking. Organized to be accessible to public officials, researchers, journalists, and the public at large, the Compendium succinctly summarizes key studies and other findings relevant to the ongoing public debate about unconventional methods of oil and gas extraction. The Compendium should be used by readers to grasp the scope of the information about both public health and safety concerns and the economic realities of fracking that frame these concerns. The reader who wants to delve deeper can consult the reviews, studies, and articles referenced. In addition, the Compendium is complemented by a fully searchable, near-exhaustive citation database of peer-reviewed journal articles pertaining to shale gas and oil extraction, housed at the PSE Healthy Energy scientific literature database. Professor Kevin Anderson's report (PhD, CEng, FIMechE) Chair of Energy and Climate Change,School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering University of Manchester Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for climate change research Why a UK shale gas industry is incompatible with the 2°C framing of dangerous climate change PROOF OF EVIDENCE of Professor Kevin Anderson (PhD, CEng, FIMechE) Dr Anthony Ingraffea A letter. Robert W. Howarth · Renee Santoro · Anthony Ingraffea Whistleblower Dr Anthony Ingraffea on Fracking Shale - the difference Durham University Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation Leaked Letter from the Secretary Of State for The department of Energy and Climate Change, Communities & Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in correspondence with The Chancellors of The Exchequer. Doctors in Los Angeles: “Very unusual” infections being reported around massive gas blowout in LA… “If you’re able to leave do it now, I’m telling you it’s really critical” Official: Toxic plume is spreading far away, it’s a national disaster TV: “We’re a living science experiment” (VIDEO) Sligo doctor seeks permanent 'fracking' ban Dr Paula Gilvarry, a retired GP based in Co Sligo, said the evidence was now “extremely strong” that fracking affects human health. She maintained rashes, sore ears and runny noses have been proven to have been caused by fracking along with respiratory illnesses in children with asthma as a result of the release of hydrogen sulfide. “Aside from other pollutants, we know that benzene in the water will cause leukaemia,” she said. Speaking to The Irish Times she said there are now 500 peer-reviewed studies that suggest a link between the gas extraction process and poor human health. Study by Professor David K. Smythe Hydraulic fracturing in thick shale basins: problems in identifying faults in the Bowland and Weald Basins, UK (MS No.: se-2015-134) REPORT by David K. Smythe BSc, PhD Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland now at: La Fontenille, 1, rue du Couchant, 11120 Ventenac en Minervois, France Received: 22 Dec 2015 – Accepted: 20 Jan 2016 – Published: 27 Jan 2016 North American shale basins differ from their European counterparts in that the latter are one to two orders of magnitude smaller in area, but correspondingly thicker, and are cut or bounded by normal faults penetrating from the shale to the surface. There is thus an inherent risk of groundwater resource contamination via these faults during or after unconventional resource appraisal and development. US shale exploration experience cannot simply be transferred to the UK. The Bowland Basin, with 1900 m of Lower Carboniferous shale, is in the vanguard of UK shale gas development. A vertical appraisal well to test the shale by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the first such in the UK, triggered earthquakes. Re-interpretation of the 3D seismic reflection data, and independently the well casing deformation data, both show that the well was drilled through the earthquake fault, and did not avoid it, as concluded by the exploration operator. Faulting in this thick shale is evidently difficult to recognise. The Weald Basin is a shallower Upper Jurassic unconventional oil play with stratigraphic similarities to the Bakken play of the Williston Basin, USA. Two Weald licensees have drilled, or have applied to drill, horizontal appraisal wells based on inadequate 2D seismic reflection data coverage. I show, using the data from the one horizontal well drilled to date, that one operator failed identify two small but significant through-going normal faults. The other operator portrayed a seismic line as an example of fault-free structure, but faulting had been smeared out by reprocessing. The case histories presented show that: (1) UK shale exploration to date is characterised by a low degree of technical competence, and (2) regulation, which is divided between four separate authorities, is not up to the task. If UK shale is to be exploited safely: (1) more sophisticated seismic imaging methods need to be developed and applied to both basins, to identify faults in shale with throws as small as 4–5 m, and (2) the current lax and inadequate regulatory regime must be overhauled, unified, and tightened up. "Our Fault" - The Geologic Concern That Could Derail UK Shale Before It Begins [White Paper Critique] Glasgow University slated for silencing fracking critic Emails reveal Glasgow University academics' close links to fracking industry Scientists attack their 'muzzling' by government Professor Smythe and the Lords Select Committee, evidence dated 11th November
Fracking not safe warms experts Oil and Gas Consulting Engineer Mike Hill, UK UK government's fracking definition 'could allow drilling without safeguards' Top 10 points on climate change – Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 12 4 reasons why we could all be fracked by fracking, Greenpeace Report: Shale gas and fracking: examining the evidence Independent Expert Scientific Panel – Report on Unconventional Oil And Gas Fracking – the UK story
Transnational Institute - SCIENTIFIC GUIDE ON FRACKING Study suggests fracking is responsible for a reversal in atmospheric hydrocarbon trends The Book the Fracking Industry Doesn’t Want You to Read The Feds Just Issued an Earthshaking Report About Fracking Duke Study: Rivers Contaminated With Radium and Lead From Thousands of Fracking Wastewater Spills WATER: Fracking report hangs on a single word Wrecking the Earth: Fracking has grave radiation risks few talk about Medical professionals to call for permanent ban on fracking SOUTH WESTERN ENERGY… AN INVESTIGATION by Owen Adams German Breweries talk against frackingBrauereien sprechen sich gegen Fracking aus As Dems Debate Fossil Fuels, New Report Shows Fracking Worse Than Thought
GEOLOGIST: Here Are 5 Truths About Fracking That Are Not Up For Debate Are â€Gold-Standard, Robust Regulations†a Fracking Myth? Fracking could be behind startling increase in US methane surge, experts say Canadians Scientists Discover That Old Gas Wells Leak. A Lot. Forfrackingever. Fracking Chemicals List – What’s involved and what’s dangerous Malignant human cell transformation of Marcellus Shale gas drilling flow back water? Here's The New Study The Fracking Industry Doesn't Want You to See Yet Another Study Links Fracking And Water Contamination Get your fracking facts or face the consequences Fracking Facts for those concerned including Parish, Town, District & County Council Members The Urgent Case for a Ban on Fracking New study confirms: Fracking wastewater is cancer-causing Fracking for shale gas and oil GREEN PARTY UK REPORT: Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations. Shale Gas Toolkit. An introduction to Shale Gas NEW STUDY REVEALS UK SHALE MORE TOXIC THAN SHALE IN THE U.S. Study on Fracking in Ireland is Discredited. Fracking & well casing failure New study shows vast offsite radioactive contamination from West Lake Landfill What is fracking and why is it controversial? Call for fracking to begin in UK – but government decision on CCS absurd, says Task Force Guide to responding to the Environmental Costs consultation. Friends of the Earth’s views Congress Releases Report on Toxic Chemicals Used In Fracking Global Warming and Sea Level Rise Chris Hedges, Death by Fracking Fracking Studies Overwhelmingly Indicate Threats to Public Health Incidents UK. Please let us know of any incidents and we’ll add them to this dossier. Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Premature Birth Letters to The National, October 13: There is no return from UCG and fracking 500 nature refuges â€at risk from fracking’ - Complete list in Yorkshire Methane release from melting permafrost could trigger dangerous global warming SEISMIC SURVEYS: THE FRACKING SPEARHEAD 10 green leaders on the best ways you can fight climate change Retired bishop urges villagers to object to Third Energy fracking plans Chemometric Study of the Ex Situ Underground Coal Gasification Wastewater Experimental Data Expert warns of fracking risk to water supplies and food chain Study Confirms Earthquakes In Ohio Were Triggered By Fracking Researchers say fracking on UT lands poses health, environmental risks Symptomatology of a gas field Humans may be harmed by endocrine disrupting chemicals released during natural gas mining DA reports finding falsified records in Santa Clara Waste Water case 8 Dangerous Side Effects of Fracking That the Industry Doesn't Want You to Hear About Drivers of the US CO2 emissions 1997–2013 Scientists Discover Fracking Chemicals In Pennsylvania Drinking Water VIDEO: 16x9 - Untested Science: Fracking natural gas controversy Fracking in Europe (Bloomberg) What Is the Government Not Telling Us About Fracking in the Gulf of Mexico? Fossil fuel industry must 'implode' to avoid climate disaster, says top scientist Scientific Case for banning fracking on federal land (Commentary) NASA's Model EPA Releases Report on Impacts of CSG Mining – You Should Be Fracking Concerned After the Frack: Habitat Fragmentation Shock: Fracking Used to Inject Nuclear Waste Underground for Decades The Myth that Gas is "Clean Energy" Report from Science Daily, Michigan SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE ENERGY SOURCES - STANFORD The Potential Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater and Drill Cuttings Environmental report for further onshore oil and gas licensing The EU Water Framework Directive - integrated river basin management for Europe Introduction to the Water Framework Directive, UK Social Cost of Fracking in Rural Pennsylvania Counties Study Shows Fracking Is Bad for Babies Alerte Shiste, France, PDF-FILES RELATED TO FRACKING! UK website about fracking by Alan Tootill Photos reveal effects of Marcellus shale drilling Shale UK Presenting the Geoscience Behind the UK’s Shale Potential Clear climate risks linked to fracking, scientists told UK government Fracking political map, Greenpeace IoD report fantastical and funded by Cuadrilla The UK's best attended shale gas conference ETHICS OF FRACKING ASKS HARD QUESTIONS Energy Companies Always Say Fracking is 100% Safe. This Report Just Debunked That. Bloomberg, EPA's reliance on driller data for water from homeowners Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy - about fracking Think Global Green International about hydraulic fracturing - science and risks explained SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY, AND COMMUNITY Decisions on Fracking In brief: The EU’s new 2030 climate and energy package Fracking Waste: Too Toxic, Even For A Hazardous Waste Site What happened to DCNR’s $6 million Marcellus monitoring report? Coalbed methane and fracking 'unregulatable' says toxins expert Welsh MPs on fact-finding mission to shale gas site UK Shale Gas Potential and Perspectives Greenhouse gas emissions from the UK Study: Hydrofracking sickening animals, people Dream of U.S. Oil Independence Slams Against Shale Costs A remarkably accurate global warming prediction, made in 1972 Active fracking sites in the UK Fracking 'could harm wildlife' Global warming to hit Asia hardest, warns new report on climate change UN - climate 'perfect storm' is already here. Time to slay Zombie Big Oil IPIECA 40th Anniversary conference - London, 3 April 2014 "We Have to Consume Less": Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis PA DEP to Study Radiation Related to Marcellus Shale IPCC explores the ethics and economics of fighting climate change Tipping Point for Climate Action? Global Warming and the Ideology of Anthropogenic (Human Caused) Climate Change Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers Up To 1,000 Times More Methane Released At Gas Wells Than EPA Estimates, Study Finds Important website for sustainable energy in UK, Zero Carbon Britain Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania Why Sand Is The Latest Front In The War On Fracking (Yes, Sand) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA MICHAEL FALLON ANNOUNCES UK-POLAND SHALE STUDY The Horrendous Truth Behind Fracking Videos, air sampling reveal Denton City’s broken promises to monitor fracking pollution 1 FREE BOOK: Sustainable Energy — without the hot air - David JC MacKay German Environment Minister who oppose fracking Shale well leaks during drilling process, forcing evacuations in Morgan County IPCC reports 'diluted' under 'political pressure' to protect fossil fuel interests Catastrophe Claim Adds Fuel to Methane Debate Former Mobil Oil exec urges brakes on gas fracking Esa's Cryosat mission sees Antarctic ice losses double Testimony of a CSG worker #auspol Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking FRACKING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES Fracking 'as bad for climate as coal' - UK's dodgy dossier exposed Analysis: Why we can't choose fracking Fracking risk to drinking water greater in Britain than United States, warns expert Canadians Scientists Discover That Old Gas Wells Leak. A Lot. Forfrackingever. BGS maps help understand relationship between groundwater and fracking. UK's complex geology will pose fracking challenges, developers warned Study maps fracking methane risk to drinking water UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND INSURANCE / HOME VALUE ! Hundreds of Gallons of Hydraulic Fluid Spills Into Ohio River Outside New Martinsville Man-Made Earthquakes Are Changing the Seismic Landscape Fracking campaigners criticise 'censored' report on house prices CO2 levels in atmosphere rising at dramatically faster rate, U.N. report warns LIKE our Facebook PAGE and get news from us.
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