GREENPEACE EVIDENCE REPORT http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/fracking-evidence-report This report is not a standard, static document. We're encouraging readers to view it as a “living document”, which will regularly be updated as new findings are made public. Each new version will be updated numerically; the version launched today is 1.0 (November 2013) PETITION http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-fracking-dorset-county-council ANIMATION EXPLAINING FRACKING http://youtu.be/VHUMCGmjGsM
Infrastrata about planning approval http://www.infrastrata.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task= view&id=317&Itemid=105 Local councils to be stripped of right to decide on fracking http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/gas/9744917/ Local-councils-to-be-stripped-of-right-to-decide-on-fracking.html Gas companies granted licences for fracking in Dorset and the New Forest http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ 10441582.Gas_companies_granted_licences_for_fracking_in_ Dorset_and_the_New_Forest/ Water firms raise fears over shale gas fracking http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/utilities/ 10189331/Water-firms-raise-fears-over-shale-gas-fracking.html Lord Browne: fracking will not reduce UK gas prices http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/29/ browne-fracking-not-reduce-uk-gas-prices-shale-energy-bills 800,000 people ‘lifted’ out of fuel poverty – by redefining it http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/800000-people- lifted-out-offuel-poverty--by-redefining-it-8976232.html Water shortages may make fracking impractical, industry says www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/ water-shortages-fracking-impractical-uk - - - UPDATES 2014-09-13 This involves INFRASTRATA who are also about to mount a rig in Swanage: Community mobilises as Fracking threat looms large in Carrickfergus? http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=689978e20e3c2b04dc76aa7bc&id=a2e9330622 More info regarding the question whether promises not to frack can be trusted: Chester and Ellesmere Port: Anti-frackers claim public has been misled http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/ chester-ellesmere-port-anti-frackers-claim-7761446 This film explains the problems with gas rigs - fracking or not: Dr. Theo Colborn discusses the health risks and impacts, based research done by her and her team at The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, from the chemicals used in oil and gas development. http://youtu.be/hiZK_af9DYU A summary of the main arguments against fracking: 4 reasons why we could all be fracked by fracking, Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/ 3-reasons-why-we-could-all-be-fracked-fracking-20130812?source=fb&subsource=20140911frafb02&utm_source= gpeace&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=20140911frafb02 Amazing film, a must see: Emma Thompson in the Arctic with Greenpeace: 'There are more good-looking men on this boat than any place I have ever been' – video http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/sep/10/ emma-thompson-arctic-video Fracking planned at Ellesmere Port http://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/7810/ Fracking-planned-at-Ellesmere-Port Spotlight on council to reject fracking bid http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/spotlight-on-council-to- reject-fracking-bid-1-6838648 Upton: Lib Dems host meeting to discuss fracking issue http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/ upton-lib-dems-host-meeting-7761451 Hear Neil Young Protest Fracking & Corporate America in ‘Who’s Gonna Stand Up’ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251162/neil-young-whos-gonna-stand-up-live-liverpool-2014-crazy-horse-new-song ACT TOGETHER FOR A FRACK FREE PLANET http://www.dorseteye.com/north/articles/act-together-for-a-frack-free-planet Firm agrees not to discharge unconventional drilling waste from Marcellus Shale http://www.shaleenergyinsider.com/2014/09/12/firm-agrees-not-to-discharge- unconventional-drilling-waste-from-marcellus-shale/ At Precisely the Worst Moment, Big Oil in America Is Back with a Vengeance http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/04/ precisely-worst-moment-big-oil-america-back-vengeance About that “We’ve been fracking for 60 years” thing. http://www.un-earthed.com/weve-fracking-60-years-thing/ Fracking firm has Fermanagh injunction extended http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/ northern-ireland/fracking-firm-has-fermanagh-injunction-extended-30473274.html People near 'fracking' wells report health woes http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/10/ people-near-fracking-wells-health-symptoms/15337797/ The Popping of the Shale Gas Bubble http://www.forbes.com/sites/billpowers/2014/09/03/the-popping-of-the-shale-gas-bubble/ Keiser Report: Energy Hoax? FRACKING! (E636) http://youtu.be/7KJTNmBNINQ The End of Fracking Is Closer Than You Think https://news.vice.com/article/the-end-of-fracking-is- closer-than-you-think CO2 levels in atmosphere rising at dramatically faster rate, U.N. report warns http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ co2-levels-in-atmosphere-rising-at-dramatically-faster-rate-un-report-warns/ 2014/09/08/3e2277d2-378d-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html ‘No fracking boom’ – expert says http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/09/fracking-boom-expert-says/ Digging in for a lengthy battle to stop fracking http://www.lep.co.uk/news/environment/digging-in-for-a-lengthy-battle-to-stop-fracking-1-6827212 ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT FRACKING http://www.talkaboutshale.com/ http://www.ukoog.org.uk/about-ukoog/press-releases/133-general-public- encouraged-to-ask-questoins-about-natural-gas-from-shale Fracking is a toxic issue for Conservative party grassroots www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/08/ shale-gas-fracking-conservatives-grassroots?CMP=twt_gu Ministers close to frack deal for widespread UK drilling http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/157660/ Ministers-frack-deal-over-widespread-drilling Polluters are "hijacking our democracy," according to retired military general who took control of Hurricane Katrina emergency relief efforts in 2005 http://toledoblade.typepad.com/ripple-effect/2014/09/ polluters-are-hijacking-our-democracy-according-to-retired- military-general-who-took-control-of-hurr.html Bad News For Obama: Fracking May Be Worse Than Burning Coal http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/ methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben Fracking at Little Plumpton: 11,000 responses to consultation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-29078735 Newcastle City Council Opposes Fracking http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/newcastle/blog/ newcastle-city-council-opposes-fracking Brian Cox: scientists giving false sense of debate on climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/ brian-cox-scientists-climate-change AGL’S RESPONSE ON LEAKING COAL SEAM GAS WELL RAISES MORE QUESTIONS http://jeremybuckingham.org/2014/09/01/ agls-response-on-leaking-coal-seam-gas-well-raises-more-questions/ BP's reckless conduct caused Deepwater Horizon oil spill, judge rules http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/04/ bp-reckless-conduct-oil-spill-judge-rules Fracking for oil or gas under South Downs would be madness http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/ fracking-oil-or-gas-under-south-downs-would-be-madness_03092014
No One Knows How Bad Fracking Is For Animals -- And That’s A Problem https://www.thedodo.com/no-one-knows-how-bad-fracking--672810659.html?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article Cashing In On Carbon: How Taxpayer Dollars Greenwash Dirty Energy http://priceofoil.org/2014/09/04/cashing-in-on-carbon-subsidy-spotlight/ Nova Scotia bans fracking in snub to Canada PM Harper http://www.rtcc.org/2014/09/04/ nova-scotia-bans-fracking-in-snub-to-canada-pm-harper/ Opposition to drilling elevated to an art form http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/ story.html?id=a271ed7f-d512-4a26-9b32-226ba7bfb1ea Cameron's claim fracking will lower gas prices is baseless, says Lord Stern 4 September 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/04/ david-cameron-fracking-lord-stern Declare Ceredigion as the first Frack Free Local Authority in Wales http://www.change.org/p/ellen-ap-gwynn-leader-of-ceredigion- county-council-declare-ceredigion-as-the-first-frack-free-local-authority-in-wales Watchdog slaps down ‘misleading’ fracking ad http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/09/03/watchdog-slaps- down-misleading-fracking-ad/ South Downs oil drilling refusal recommended http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-29048624 Give the British people a vote/referendum on fracking http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/68057 Shale Gas: How Often Do Fracked Wells Leak? http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/09/Leaky-Fracked-Wells/ Green spaces under threat from planning system and funding crisis http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/11065039/Green-spaces- under-threat-from-planning-system-and-funding-crisis.html Fracking Pennsylvania courts cases http://www.coal-seam-gas.com/usa/pennsylvania.htm#.VAdGt8VdWSo Press Release: Grant Township Supervisors Vote to Defend Community Bill of Rights Banning Frack Wastewater Injection Wells http://celdf.org/press-release-grant-township-supervisors-vote-to-defend- community-bill-of-rights-banning-frack-wastewater-injection-wells- Big Oil, Bad Air - Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas http://eagleford.publicintegrity.org/ Coming Soon: The World’s Largest Tidal Power Plant Will Generate Electricity for 175,000 Homes http://themindunleashed.org/2014/09/coming-soon-worlds-largest-tidal-power- plant-will-generate-electricity-175000-homes.html Anti-fracking campaigners to enter debate over Ellesmere proposal http://www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/137724/anti-fracking-campaigners- to-enter-debate-over-ellesmere-proposal.aspx WCBC, REJECT APPLICATIONS TO EXPLORE AND EXTRACT SHALE GAS AND COAL BED METHANE. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-fracking- wrexham-county-borough-council Satellite Map Shows Fracking Flares in Texas and North Dakota Equal to Greenhouse Emissions From 1.5 Million Cars http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/22/flared-gas-fracking-texas-north-dakota/ Earthquake hazard linked with deep well injection in Alberta http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/earthquake-hazard-linked- with-deep-well-injection-in-alberta-1.2751963 The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Establishment-And-They-Away/dp/1846147190 Water shortage could hit China’s fracking plans http://www.rtcc.org/2014/09/02/water-shortage-could-hit-chinas-fracking-plans/ Pro-fracking newspaper ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/ pro-fracking-advert-banned-asa-breitling-energy-shale-gas-daily-telegraph?CMP=twt_gu What Chemicals Are Used http://fracfocus.org/chemical-use/what-chemicals-are-used 4 states confirm water pollution from drilling http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/01/05/ some-states-confirm-water-pollution-from-drilling/4328859/ MINING IN NORTHERN IRELAND = 'FRACKING BY THE BACK DOOR' https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ mining-in-northern-ireland-fracking-by-the-back-door? bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1395421576 Water stress may curtail fracking, says WRI http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29020555 Voters want "big changes" - and only the Greens can deliver, says party leader Natalie Bennett http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/ green-party-leader-natalie-bennett-7615094 IGas nears fracking in North West http://processengineering.theengineer.co.uk/oil-and-gas/1019131.article - - - UPDATES 2014-09-01 Understand how your council works https://www.gov.uk/understand-how-your-council-works/types-of-council Fracked off - natural gas victims flee Colorado's toxic air http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2535304/ fracked_off_natural_gas_victims_flee_colorados_toxic_air.html Scientists shocked to discover the true toxicity of fracking fluids; it's worse than we've been told http://www.naturalnews.com/ 046573_fracking_fluids_toxic_chemicals_health_effects.html# Fracking is ‘threat to property prices’ http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11434500._/ Methane Is Discovered Seeping From Seafloor Off East Coast, Scientists Say http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/science/ methane-is-seeping-from-seafloor-off-east-coast-scientists-say.html?_r=1 Flares emitting more pollution than refineries http://www.expressnews.com/business/eagleford/item/ Up-in-Flames-Day-2-Flares-emitting-more-32640.php Cuadrilla admits drilling caused Blackpool earthquakes (from 2011) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/8864669/ Cuadrilla-admits-drilling-caused-Blackpool-earthquakes.html Oil companies fracking into drinking water sources, new research shows http://www.latimes.com/nation/ la-na-fracking-groundwater-pavillion-20140811-story.html#page=1 US States Do Not Measure Amount of Gas Burned at Fracking Sites, Equivalent to the Emissions of Millions of Cars, and It May Be Illegal http://thespeaker.co/us-states-measure-amount-gas-burned- fracking-sites-equivalent-emissions-millions-cars-may-illegal/ Secret emails reveal the risk to water in Sussex from fracking was known by officials http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10610762.Secret_emails_reveal_the_risk_to_water_in_Sussex_ from_fracking_was_known_by_officials/?ref=ar The establishment uncovered: how power works in Britain http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/26/the-establishment-uncovered- how-power-works-in-britain-elites-stranglehold Rural battle over fracking http://www.maltonmercury.co.uk/news/local/rural-battle-over-fracking-1-6805661 Taxpayers to pay for fracking pollution if companies go bust http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/11/ taxpayers-fracking-pollution-companies?CMP=twt_gu What the Anti-Fracking Movement Brings to the Climate Movement http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/24/ steingraber-fracking-peoples-climate-march/?utm_content =buffer92080&utm_medium= social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer MORE THAN 800 ANTI-FRACKING SONGS!!! https://www.facebook.com/notes/alerte-schiste/ more-than-700-anti-fracking-songs/588226134602995 LOCAL GROUPS http://frack-off.org.uk/local-group-specific-pages/ Anti-fracking campaigners to go head to head with energy bosses http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/08/25/ anti-fracking-campaigners-to-go-head-to-head-with-energy-bosses/ Fracking campaigners criticise 'censored' report on house prices http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/10/ fracking-censored-house-price-report Guidance for photographers in public http://www.dorseteye.com/north/photos/guidance-for-photographers-in-public - - - UPDATES 2014-08-20
If fracking's so great, why is it a state secret? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3MJdhr14g
UK energy dependence – five hidden costs expose truth about fracking http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/aug/18/ uk-energy-dependence-five-hidden-costs-fracking Man-Made Earthquakes Are Changing the Seismic Landscape http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/ man-made-earthquakes-are-altering-the-geologic-landscape/372243/ Shale gas: 'The dotcom bubble of our times' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/ 11006723/fracking-for-Shale-gas-the-dotcom-bubble-of-our-times.html Poland: 400 Days Of Protest Stops Shale Gas Exploration www.popularresistance.org/ poland-400-days-of-protest-stops-shale-gas-exploration/ Why the Scientific Case Against Fracking Keeps Getting Stronger http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/ inquiring-minds-anthony-ingraffea-science-fracking-methane Now Cameron aide Lynton Crosby’s links to fracking industry are explored http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ now-cameron-aide-lynton-crosbys-links-to-fracking- industry-are-explored-8708331.html Companies proclaim water the next oil in a rush to turn resources into profit http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jul/27/ water-nestle-drink-charge-privatize-companies-stocks?CMP=fb_gu The whole of the Isle of Wight now open for Fracking exploration http://onthewight.com/2014/07/31/ whole-isle-wight-now-open-fracking-exploration/ Residents association given permission to challenge council over fracking permission http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11382942.Residents_association_ given_permission_to_challenge_council_over_fracking_permission/?ref=var_0 Gas companies granted licences for fracking in Dorset and the New Forest http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ 10441582.Gas_companies_granted_licences_for_fracking_ in_Dorset_and_the_New_Forest/ Good attendance at meeting about fracking http://www.dorseteye.com/east/articles/ good-attendance-at-meeting-about-fracking A step-by-step explanation of how hydraulic fracking works in Colorado. Narrated by Professor of Engineering, Dr. Anthony Ingraffea of Cornell University. http://vimeo.com/100733818
- - - UPDATES 2014-07-16 History will condemn climate change denialists http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/ 16/history-will-condemn-climate-change-denialists REPOWERBalcombe www.repowerbalcombe.com – a community project to generate enough clean, renewable energy locally to meet all of our village's electricity needs. After Two Towns Beat the Fracking Industry in a Top State Court, Can Others Follow? http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_67023.shtml Boris Johnson calls for landowner shale rights http://www.farminguk.com/news/Boris-Johnson- calls-for-landowner-shale-rights_30429.html Huge ND Wastewater Spill Prompts Calls For Fracking Regs http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/ Huge-ND-Wastewater-Spill-Prompts-Calls-For-Fracking-Regs.html Exxon battles anti-fracking attorney general in Pennsylvania criminal case http://petroglobalnews.com/2014/07/ exxon-battles-anti-fracking-attorney-general-in-pennsylvania-criminal-case/ Exploratory drilling for oil set to start near Horley http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Exploratory-drilling-oil-place-near-Horley/ story-21441828-detail/story.html Major Scientific Document Shows Why NY Fracking Moratorium Is Imperative http://www.mintpressnews.com/ major-scientific-document-shows-ny-fracking-moratorium-imperative/193852/ COMPENDIUM OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND MEDIA FINDINGS DEMONSTRATING RISKS AND HARMS OF FRACKING http://concernedhealthny.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ CHPNY-Fracking-Compendium.pdf Huge ND Wastewater Spill Prompts Calls For Fracking Regs http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/ Huge-ND-Wastewater-Spill-Prompts-Calls-For-Fracking-Regs.html Three people dead…contaminated water after fracking http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/ two-people-dead-fracking-to-blame/ Judge dismisses lawsuits challenging fracking delay http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/07/14/ judge-dismisses-lawsuits-challenging-fracking-delay/ ?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Fracking Victims Demand EPA Reopen Investigations Into Poisoned Drinking Water http://ecowatch.com/2013/09/26/ fracking-victims-demand-epa-reopen-investigations-into-drinking-water/ CORRECTED-Switzerland threatens 40 pct carbon tax rise if targets not met http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/14/ switzerland-carbontrading-idUSL6N0PP4F720140714 Penn. Didn’t Address Fracking Health Impacts, Former Health Secretary Says http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2014/07/14/334426.htm Denton, TX, to Consider Fracking Ban Tuesday http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/ 99001-denton-tx-to-consider-fracking-ban-tuesday 7 Quakes Hit Oklahoma in Less Than a Day http://time.com/2981013/oklahoma-earthquakes-fracking/ Hundreds of Gallons of Hydraulic Fluid Spills Into Ohio River Outside New Martinsville http://www.wtrf.com/story/25996201/ hundreds-of-gallons-of-hydraulic-fluid-spills-into-ohio-river-outside-new-martinsville UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND INSURANCE / HOME VALUE ! https://www.facebook.com/notes/606419292783679/ Future generations risk 'enslavement' without a vote now http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ damian-carrington-blog/2012/jan/04/climate-politics-future-generation-justice Fem grunde til at sige nej til skifergas - Danish article (use Google Translate) http://politiken.dk/debat/ECE2331350/ fem-grunde-til-at-sige-nej-til-skifergas/ Nestlé's water privatization push http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push KeiserReport: Tina Rothery (Residents Against Fylde Fracking) 12July14 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=c7e0PdoDaPM&app=desktop Shale gas and the war in East Ukraine http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_67005.shtml Shell sails ahead without UK shale http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/ epic/rdsb/10948157/Shell-sails-ahead-without-UK-shale.html Fracking protesters to camp at exploration site http://www.thelocal.dk/20140710/ shale-gas-protesters-to-camp-at-exploration-site Peter Rolinson explains the risks of water pollution from fracking http://www.frackfreeyork.org.uk/ peter-rolinson-explains-the-risks-of-water-pollution-from-fracking/ Climate change: Oil and gas wells are leaking greenhouse gas https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/ climate-change-oil-and-gas-wells-are-leaking-greenhouse-gas Fossil industry is the subprime danger of this cycle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ ambroseevans_pritchard/10957292/Fossil-industry-is-the-subprime-danger-of-this-cycle.html - - - UPDATES 2014-07-10
Fracking and the implications for Dorset residents http://www.dorseteye.com/east/articles/ fracking-and-the-implications-for-dorset-residents Max Keiser talks about the economics of fracking http://youtu.be/fP8XklfMqHk Infrastrata promises not to frack in Swanage http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ 11311636._No_fracking__promise_from_company_behind_exploratory_gas_well/
Dart makes ‘fracking’ promise Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigner Mary Church argued: “While it’s good news Dart is in talks with Sepa about giving up its fracking permits at Canonbie, there’s nothing to stop it applying again in the future.” http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/dart-makes-fracking-promise-1-2983710 Water being auctioned for millions of dollars in California as drought reaches extremes Drilling for water has become more important than drilling for oil, as water banks are drained at an alarming rate. http://www.sott.net/article/281419-Water-being-auctioned-for-millions-of- dollars-in-California-as-drought-reaches-extremes We call on Somerset County Council to reject all planning applications for exploration, appraisal or production of shale gas and other unconventional gas. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ stop-fracking-in-somerset?bucket&source= facebook-share-button&time=1402604886 Netpol to monitor the policing of future anti-fracking protests http://netpol.org/2014/07/04/jrrt-funding-fracking-protest/ MP demands answers on why waste water from fracking was dumped into the Manchester Ship Canal http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/ 10971603.MP_demands_answers_on_why_waste_water_ from_fracking_was_dumped_into_the_Manchester_Ship_Canal/?ref=rss Wastewater from energy extraction 'triggers US quake surge' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28128772
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says there are more U.S. jobs in solar industry than coal mining http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2014/jul/06/ sheldon-whitehouse/there-are-already-more-american-jobs-solar-industr/?utm_content=buffer81366&utm_medium=social&utm_source =facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer The Oilman's Wife's Story http://www.dorseteye.com/north/articles/the-oilman-s-wife-s-story Study maps fracking methane risk to drinking water http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28130982 UK’s complex geology will pose fracking challenges, developers warned New underground maps show shale gas deposits overlapping with major drinking water aquifers http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/03/ uk-complex-geology-challenge-fracking-drinking-water
BGS maps help understand relationship between groundwater and fracking. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/docs/aquifersAndShales_FINAL.pdf UNION CALLS FOR HALT TO FRACKING http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2679302/ UNION-CALLS-FOR-HALT-TO-FRACKING.html How much money can we make from fracking Britain? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27531444 New York communities win over fracking http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/ ny-communities-triumph-over-fracking-industry-in-precedent-setting-case What does fracking look like in full-production? This fly-over North East Pennsylvania, where thousands of wells have been drilled, does the job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2UBu-EBG7I Professor Anthony Ingraffea (Cornell University) describes the threat that this intensity of drilling poses. You can see the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJHfkqHJZE Fracking - you are not important http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/ 2450429/fracking_you_are_not_important.html Go directly to jail card for protesters http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/ go-directly-to-jail-card-for-protesters/story-fnj4f7k1-1226963182804 Falkirk gas wells to release 5 tonnes of methane a day http://riclander.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/ falkirk-gas-wells-to-release-5-tonnes-of-methane-a-day/
British Medical Association votes to divest from fossil fuels http://treealerts.org/region/europe/2014/06/ british-medical-association-votes-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels/ At last BBC politics show sticks it to pro frackers ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =EvuW7hRwxOU&feature=youtu.be Govtoday and Securing the Future are delighted to announce Fracking North: Continuing the Debate on Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas. Due to the high demand and huge success of this event in London in May this year, http://www.fracking-conferencenorth.co.uk/event-home Why Are Four In Ten High-Risk Oil And Gas Wells Not Being Inspected? http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/23/3451919/ high-risk-oil-and-gas-wells-not-inspected/ Texas Utility Doubles Large-Scale Solar, Says It Will Be Coal-Free By 2016 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/17/3449604/ texas-utility-solar/ Texas gas town considers banning fracking https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ texas-gas-town-considers-banning-055003422.html Fracking regulation: are England World Cup winners or out in the quarter-finals? http://www.foe.co.uk/blog/ fracking-regulation-are-england-world-cup-winners-or-out-quarter-finals Vivienne Westwood on fashion and fracking: ‘Who are the people who run the world? I’ll tell you...’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ vivienne-westwood-on-fashion-and-fracking-who-are-the- people-who-run-the-world-ill-tell-you-9509777.html 'We are open to fracking', says leading environmental group http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10465022/ We-are-open-to-fracking-says-leading-environmental-group.html?fb Preferred candidate for new Environment Agency Chair announced https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ preferred-candidate-for-new-environment-agency-chair-announced Proposed Environment Agency chief headed key fracking industry contractor http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/ 124762-govts-choice-of-environment-agency-chair-is-fracking-industry-advisor.html Middlesex County bans fracking; first in NJ http://www.northjersey.com/news/middlesex-county-bans-fracking-first-in-nj-1.666253 Demand for Full Fracking Chemical Disclosure http://petitions.moveon.org/environmental-action/sign/ demand-for-full-fracking-1.fb51?source=s.fb&r_by=8042578 Fracking protesters lobby Burnley politicians http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/11263956._/ Canadians Scientists Discover That Old Gas Wells Leak. A Lot. Forfrackingever. http://www.nofrackingway.us/2014/06/05/ canadians-scientists-discover-that-old-gas-wells-leak-a-lot-forfrackingever/ Why Shale Saves The Day This Hurricane Season http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/ Why-Shale-Saves-The-Day-This-Hurricane-Season.html Caroline Lucas on Queen's Speech: "It could have set a brave new agenda - instead it let people down" http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/06/04/ caroline-lucas-on-queens-speech-it-could-have-set-a- brave-new-agenda-instead-it-let-people-down/ Fracking access proposals a concern for landowners http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/ fracking-access-proposals-a-concern-for-landowners/65009.article HM Government e-petition Fracking and Pollution Responsibility http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58492 Chairman of East Kent Against Fracking sent open letter to the leader of KCC http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/ campaigner-calls-for-fracking-talks-18141/ Queen’s Speech 2014: what it means for you https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ queens-speech-2014-what-it-means-for-you/ queens-speech-2014-what-it-means-for-you 'Stick your new world order' fracking protest singer Darren Nesbitt banned from Beverley http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Stick-new-world-order-fracking-protest-singer/ story-21191800-detail/story.html 8 amazing and incredible renewable energy projects that we totally love http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/ 8-amazing-and-incredible-renewables-projects-we-totally-love-20140604 Activists stage fracking protest at David Cameron's home Signs to drill under PM's cottage in Cotswold put up to protest against trespass law changes expected in Queen's speech http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/04/ fracking-protest-david-cameron-home-queens-speech Fracking Protest At Prime Minister's Home David Cameron is being accused of preparing to auction off over half of Britain to the frackers, including national park areas. http://news.sky.com/story/1275148/ fracking-protest-at-prime-ministers-home Fracking risk to drinking water greater in Britain than United States, warns expert http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ fracking-risk-drinking-water-greater-3643966#.U49Q0-xTxa0.facebook We will fight fracking law extension, says SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/ we-will-fight-fracking-law-extension-says-sdlp-mp-alasdair-mcdonnell-30330221.html David Cameron's house 'fracked' by protesters Greenpeace activists turn the Prime Minister's country home in Oxfordshire into a 'fracking site' in protest at new pro-drilling laws http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10874055/ David-Camerons-house-fracked-by-protesters.html Queen's speech shale gas proposals fail to address landowner concerns http://www.farminguk.com/news/Queen-s-speech-shale-gas-proposals-fail-to-address-landowner-concerns_30152.html STOP CAMERON'S NEW FRACKING LAW! David Cameron wants to change the law so fracking companies can drill under our homes without permission. https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/stop-fracking-law?source=em&subsource=20140604fraem03&utm_source=gpeace&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=20140604fraem03
Analysis: Why we can’t choose fracking http://blog.cat.org.uk/2014/05/16/review-why-we-cant-have-fracking/ Ease fracking laws or we’ll pull out, warns Cuadrilla http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article4105221.ece Silent rooftop wind turbines could generate half of a household's energy needs http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/silent-wind-turbines-could-generate-half-household-energy.html 100% Green Electricity and Britain's Greenest Gas, complete with our Frack Free promise. http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/for-your-home Show us the money if countries are to curb climate change: IEA http://www.rtcc.org/2014/06/03/show-us-the-money-if-countries-are-to-curb-climate-change-iea/ STOP FRACKING IN SOMERSET https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-fracking-in-somerset?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1401741884 Sign the petition to the European Commission. http://action.sumofus.org/a/tar-sands-europe/?sub=tw Search for shale gas heads east as IGas plans fracking in East Midlands http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10868717/Search-for-shale-gas-heads-east-as-IGas-plans-fracking-in-East-Midlands.html Further update on property insurance and potential damage caused by fracking http://stopfyldefracking.org.uk/latest-news/further-update-on-property-insurance-and-potential-damage-caused-by-fracking/ Is fracking a mortal threat to our livestock? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/is-fracking-a-mortal-threat-to-our-livestock-8822745.html Oil and gas wells and their integrity: Implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/refine/Publishedversion.pdf Small housing developers exempt from 'zero carbon' home regulations www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/10868579/Small-housing-developers-exempt-from-zero-carbon-home-regulations.html Solar farms to lose UK government financial support http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/13/solar-farms-lose-uk-government-financial-support-subsidies
Fracking trespass law changes opposed by 74% of British public, poll finds www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/06/fracking-trespass-law-changes-opposed-by-74-of-britons Open consultation Underground Drilling Access https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/underground-drilling-access Why Natural Gas is a Bridge to Nowhere http://ecowatch.com/2014/05/31/natural-gas-bridge-to-nowhere/ Hydrogeologist, Graham Warren's recent report on the dangers of fracking in the Weald http://article.wn.com/view/2014/05/23/Fracking_southeast_England_for_oil_may_be_pointless/ 4.4bn barrels of oil' in Weald basin - report http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/fracking-report-billions-barrels-oil-government-cynicism Read about Dart's plans for Cheshire, Wrexham and Notts http://frack-off.org.uk/dart-frack-attack-multi-well-program-in-midlands/
New UK fracking licenses confirmed http://frack-off.org.uk/new-uk-fracking-licenses-confirmed/ Fracking 'as bad for climate as coal' - UK's dodgy dossier exposed http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2417288/fracking_as_bad_for_climate_as_coal_uks_dodgy_dossier_exposed.html Councillor: 'I am not a cheerleader for fracking' http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/frodsham-councillor-denies-backing-fracking-7184826 Loopholes Enable Industry to Evade Rules on Dumping Radioactive Fracking Waste http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/06/02/loopholes-enable-industry-evade-rules-dumping-radioactive-fracking-waste New Environmentalists Are Taking Bold Action - It's Working http://ecology.iww.org/node/481 4 Worker Fatalities Linked to Used Fracking Fluid Exposure http://ecology.iww.org/node/479 Fracking: Government plans to grant a new ‘right’ of corporate trespass threatens UK homeowners http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/06/02/fracking-government-plans-to-grant-a-new-%E2%80%98right%E2%80%99-of-corporate-trespass-threatens-uk-homeowners/ A typical five minutes in rural Pennsylvania since hydro fracking gas well drilling had come to town. And they said we would never even know they were here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj3bUKvk3qc&app=desktop We, the undersigned physicians, nurses, researchers and public health professionals, write to update you on the alarming trends in the data regarding the health and community impacts of drilling and fracking for natural gas. http://concernedhealthny.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Medical-Experts-to-Governor-Cuomo-May-29FINAL.pdf Straight From The Horse’s Mouth’: Former Oil Exec Says Fracking Not Safe http://www.mintpressnews.com/straight-horses-mouth-former-oil-exec-says-fracking-safe/189555/ Letters: Fracking’s opponents are being demonised http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-frackings-opponents-are-being-demonised-9339503.html FRACKING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/fracking-across-the-united-states 4 Worker Fatalities Linked to Used Fracking Fluid Exposure http://www.alternet.org/environment/4-worker-fatalities-linked-used-fracking-fluid-exposure Stop U.S. Gas Exports Expansion http://www.energy-reality.org/action/radioactive-waste-pit/ UK shale deals make Egdon Resources a takeover target, says VSA Capital http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/68913/uk-shale-deals-make-egdon-resources-a-takeover-target-says-vsa-capital-68913.html This fracking zeal overshadows the perfect energy solution – solar Leonie Greene The government ignores the drawbacks to shale gas, while its erratic policies around solar frustrate budding entrepreneurs http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/25/fracking-energy-solution-solar-shale-gas Planning for Climate Change Adaptation http://courses.cat.org.uk/sustainable-living/planning-for-climate-change-adaptation-detail Fracking in Tunbridge Wells: 'Where is it going to stop?' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/fracking-in-tunbridge-wells-where-is-it-going-to-stop In Stunning Backtrack, Feds Say Our Largest Shale Oil Reserve Is Mostly Un-Drillable http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/21/3439944/monterey-shale-undrillable/ Fracking trespass law changes opposed by 74% of British public, poll finds http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/06/fracking-trespass-law-changes-opposed-by-74-of-britons 5/27/2014 — COLORADO 4 MILE LONG LANDSLIDE @ FRACKING OPERATION http://dutchsinse.tatoott1009.com/5272014-4-mile-long-landslide-at-colorado-fracking-operation/ Elias: New numbers should ease intensity of fracking drive, debate http://www.theunion.com/opinion/11574141-113/fracking-oil-shale-california The Gross Society: We’re Entering an Age of Energy Impoverishment www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/gross-society-entering-age-energy-impoverishment-79381/#.U4MyT-WOZ3Q.facebook 'Farmers must be protected from fracking liability' http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/27/05/2014/144722/39farmers-must-be-protected-from-fracking-liability39.htm Finally the BBC mentions chemicals, water contamination, unsubstantiated press releases, and democracy in relation to fracking, AND THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEFORE BEEN FRACKING IN SOUTH ENGLAND AND SONOT ON WYTCH FARM : At last BBC politics show sticks it to pro frackers ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuW7hRwxOU&feature=youtu.be Fracking industry must prove current access system doesn’t work http://www.farminguk.com/news/Fracking-industry-must-prove-current-access-system-doesn-t-work_30092.html Dutch Government to Pay $1.6 Billion in Gas Extraction Damages http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-17/dutch-government-to-pay-1-6-billion-in-gas-extraction-damages.html The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274 The Weald Report - Swan Song for Onshore Fracking? http://frackingdigest.co.uk/weald.htm In Landmark Class Action, Farmers Insurance Sues Local Governments For Ignoring Climate Change http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/19/3439048/insurance-climate-class-action-flood/ Caroline Lucas takes on IGas CEO over fracking - Newsnight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd1aM9Gw278 No shale gas potential in Weald basin, concludes British Geological Survey http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/no-shale-gas-potential-weald-british-geological-survey-oil Caroline Lucas: Fracking won't reduce energy bills http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-23/caroline-lucas-fracking-wont-reduce-energy-bills/ Walkington anti-fracking camp: People shout 'get a job'. We have jobs, but this is more important http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Walkington-anti-fracking-camp-People-shout-job/story-21132552-detail/story.html?dwrMeth=addComment&afterReg=Y Read more: http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Walkington-anti-fracking-camp-People-shout-job/story-21132552-detail/story.html?dwrMeth=addComment&afterReg=Y#ixzz32dXaL6tD Read more at http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Walkington-anti-fracking-camp-People-shout-job/story-21132552-detail/story.html?dwrMeth=addComment&afterReg=Y#0LOX0arZhvgGvFtH.99 Fracking: shock and awe will not win the battle of Britain http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/may/23/fracking-shock-and-awe-will-not-win-the-battle-of-britain?CMP=twt_gu Fracking planned for Tory heartlands as report reveals billions of barrels of shale oil in southern England http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10850529/Fracking-planned-for-Tory-heartlands-as-report-reveals-billions-of-barrels-of-shale-oil-in-southern-England.html 74% of Britons oppose @David_Cameron’s plans to trespass and #frack our homes. So he waited. https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceUK/status/469816845630181377/photo/1 Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking http://ecowatch.com/2013/10/03/report-calculates-damage-by-fracking/ European Elections 2014: What's Firing the Green Surge http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/natalie-bennett/european-elections-2014_b_5364482.html?utm_hp_ref=tw Pope Francis Makes Biblical Case For Addressing Climate Change: ‘If We Destroy Creation, Creation Will Destroy Us’ http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/21/3440075/pope-francis-if-we-destroy-creation-creation-will-destroy-us/ Could the Greens provide the real upset of the European elections? http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2014/05/22/could-the-greens-provide-the-real-upset-of-the-european-elec Testimony of a CSG worker #auspol http://coalseamgasnews.org/news/world/testimony-of-a-csg-worker-auspol/ An Open Letter to Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon Resources. http://biffvernon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/an-open-letter-to-mark-abbott-managing.html Huge oil reserves in southern England, report to say http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27529175 How much money can we make from fracking Britain? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27531444 Fracking compensation to be increased http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/fracking-compensation-increase-quell-opposition Esa's Cryosat mission sees Antarctic ice losses double http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27465050 Christiana Figueres St Paul’s Cathedral speech - in full http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/analysis/2343646/christiana-figueres-st-paul-s-cathedral-speech-in-full Former Mobil Oil exec urges brakes on gas fracking http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Former-Mobil-Oil-exec-urges-brakes-on-gas-fracking-5422292.php Corruption revealed of Frack giant ('Rathlin') Director Dermot Nesbitt http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2014/05/516713.html
Sir David King: "Climate change is not the biggest challenge of our time, it's the biggest challenge of all time" http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2342417/sir-david-king-climate-change-is-not-the-biggest-challenge-of-our-time-its-the-biggest-challenge-of-all-time Catastrophe’ Claim Adds Fuel to Methane Debate http://www.climatecentral.org/news/fracking-methane-emissions-catastrophe-17439 4 states confirm water pollution from drilling http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/01/05/some-states-confirm-water-pollution-from-drilling/4328859/ IPCC reports 'diluted' under 'political pressure' to protect fossil fuel interests http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/may/15/ipcc-un-climate-reports-diluted-protect-fossil-fuel-interests Anti-fracking campaigners set up camp outside oil drilling site at Crawberry Hill, Walkington http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Anti-fracking-campaigners-set-camp-outside-oil/story-21088138-detail/story.html#6lKlPRiiCqYtfmFU.01 The Intersection Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTaPigA17RY&feature=youtu.be Russia and China announce decoupling trade from Dollar - The End for the USA is nigh? http://www.sott.net/article/277104-Russia-and-China-announce-decoupling-trade-from-Dollar-The-End-for-the-USA-is-nigh%E2%80%8F Shale well leaks during drilling process, forcing evacuations in Morgan County http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/05/07/Morgan-County-fracking-well-leaking-since-Sunday.html The Noble Lords are wrong - fracking is a dead end for Britain http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2390680/the_noble_lords_are_wrong_fracking_is_a_dead_end_for_britain.html What energy interests do the House of Lord's economic affairs committee have? http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/news/who-are Young People Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change http://billmoyers.com/2014/04/28/young-people-are-taking-the-government-to-court-over-its-failure-to-address-climate-change/ National parks to be opened up for fracking http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/fracking/article1409365.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_05_10 House of Lords committee calls for fracking to be 'national priority' http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/may/08/energy-industry-shale-gas German Environment Minister who oppose fracking https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fpolitik%2Fgasfoerderung-deutsche-umweltminister-stellen-sich-gegen-fracking-1.1957770&edit-text= Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air with David MacKay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFosQtEqzSE&noredirect=1 FREE BOOK Sustainable Energy — without the hot air David JC MacKayhttp://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf Compensation for fracking must be adequate, says CLA http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/compensation-fracking-must-adequate-says-7087539 BRITAIN AND IRELAND FRACK FREE - good website for info on fracking www.britainirelandfrackfree.co.uk Fracking group IGas to acquire £117m rival http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/north-west/114316-fracking-group-igas-acquire-dart-energy?utm_source=breaking_news_newsletter&utm_medium=top_story_article&utm_campaign=breaking_news_tracker
What energy interests do the House of Lord's economic affairs committee have? http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/news/who-are Investigating Balcombe and Cuadrilla http://investigatingbalcombeandcuadrilla.com/2014/05/08/letter-reveals-that-cuadrilla-planned-to-frack-in-the-balcombe-area-of-the-sussex-weald/ FRACKING MAY INDUCE QUAKES AT GREATER DISTANCE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT http://e360.yale.edu/digest/fracking_may_induce_quakes_at_greater_distance_than_previously_thought/4139/?utm_content=buffercf669&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Fracking In The Everglades, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? http://www.beachpeanuts.com/2014/01/just-what-florida-needs-contaminated-water-earthquakes-and-more-sinkholes.html You will not escape your shame or our suffering - a letter to the Lords and beyond. By Jenny Ross. https://www.facebook.com/notes/biff-britain-ireland-frack-free/you-will-not-escape-your-shame-or-our-suffering-a-letter-to-the-lords-and-beyond/872142412811785 EU-US trade deal: Big Energy’s backdoor plan to expand fracking https://www.wdm.org.uk/climate-change/eu-us-trade-deal-big-energy%E2%80%99s-backdoor-plan-expand-fracking French energy minister promises 100,000 green jobs http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/29/us-france-ecology-employment-idUSKBN0DE0SL20140429 Fracking: Lincolnshire County Council denies conflict of interest over pension scheme investment in Total http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Fracking-Lincolnshire-County-Council-denies/story-21023835-detail/story.html Bank accounts closed in fossil fuels protest m.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/bank-accounts-closed-in-fossil-fuels-protest-20140502-37mu3.html 100% acquittal of anti-fracking protesters charged with public order offences at Balcombe http://investigatingbalcombeandcuadrilla.com/2014/05/01/100-acquittal-of-anti-fracking-protesters-charged-with-public-order-offences-at-balcombe/#more-2244 Happy Mondays’ Bez to stand as anti-fracking MP http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/05/01/happy-mondays-bez-to-stand-as-anti-fracking-mp/ To My Friend the Climate Defeatist: Here's Why I'm Still In the Fight http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-04-30/to-my-friend-the-climate-defeatist-here-s-why-i-m-still-in-the-fight Two young workers D E A D from the airshed. Co-existing near Fracking in Arlington letters http://barnettshalehell.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/love-letter-to-arlington-tx-officials-re-health-risks-in-co-existing-near-frack-sites/ Argument Global Warming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ Fracking’s greatest risk is water contamination: leaked report http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/04/30/frackings-greatest-risk-is-water-contamination-leaked-report-2/ The Seismic Link Between Fracking and Earthquakes http://time.com/84225/fracking-and-earthquake-link/ The environmental movement is kicking off down under http://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-environmental-movement-is-kicking-off-down-under/ Videos, air sampling reveal Denton City’s broken promises to monitor fracking pollution 1 http://frackfreedenton.com/2014/05/01/videos-air-sampling-reveal-denton-citys-broken-promises-to-monitor-fracking-pollution/ Shalefield Stories http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/shalefield-stories BREAKING NEWS: County council approves application for exploratory drilling in Balcombe http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-county-council-approves-application-for-exploratory-drilling-in-balcombe-1-6027035 Countryside under threat as South Cambs earmarked for fracking if proposed Infrastructure Bill goes ahead http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Business/Business-News/Countryside-under-threat-as-South-Cambs-earmarked-for-fracking-if-Government-relaxes-access-rights-for-shale-gas-operators-20140429120501.htm UK Residents Protest Against Fracking http://en.ria.ru/world/20140429/189455648/UK-Residents-Protest-Against-Fracking.html Cuadrilla gets green light for oil test at Balcombe http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/29/cuadrilla-green-light-oil-test-balcombe FRACKING TRANSYLVANIA http://nickhuntscrutiny.com/articles/the-green-heart-of-europe/fracking-transylvania Helen Slottje, 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNcJjkMee4w Beverly hills first city to pass ban of fracking http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/24/beverly-hills-pass-fracking-ban/ National Grid threatens legal action against fracking firm Cuadrilla http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/national-news/124525-national-grid-threatens-legal-action-against-fracking-firm-cuadrilla.html Halliburton refuses to disclose fracking chemicals http://commonsensecanadian.ca/halliburton-refuses-disclose-fracking-chemicals/ Price of Gas in U.S. Rises as Refiners Export More to Other Countries http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049904579516121276626720?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304049904579516121276626720.html Exclusive: Local authorities have ‘conflict of interest’ on fracking investments http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-local-authorities-have-conflict-of-interest-on-fracking-investments-9294590.html What the Frack?? Fracking Leads to Increase In STDs - Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G062ybpM4Cw&feature=youtu.be The Horrendous Truth Behind Fracking http://frackingdangerous.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/ex-mobil-oil-exec-confirms-fracking-technology-is-dangerous-and-untested/
APRIL 23, 2014 BY DENISE PATTON Still Wondering Why The UK Government Is Determined To Frack http://frackingdangerous.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/still-wondering-why-the-uk-government-is-determined-to-frack/ MICHAEL FALLON ANNOUNCES UK-POLAND SHALE STUDY http://blog.decc.gov.uk/2014/04/25/michael-fallon-announces-uk-poland-shale-study/#comment-256608 Power of the people needed to stop future fracking http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/fracking-battle/story-21004176-detail/story.html New fracking law sparks anger http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11166895.New_fracking_law_sparks_anger/ Gas patch scientists explain how hydraulic fracturing can permanently contaminate public water supplies http://checksandbalancesproject.org/2011/05/06/gas-patch-scientists-explain-how-hydraulic-fracturing-can-permanently-contaminate-public-water-supplies/#comments £2m for ‘safe’ shale gas production ideas http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/04/25/2m-for-safe-shale-gas-production-ideas/ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA A Study of Groundwater Quality from Domestic Wells ftp://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/ess_pubs/292/292762/of_7449.pdf Why Sand Is The Latest Front In The War On Fracking (Yes, Sand) http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/08/22/a-new-target-for-fracking-opponents-sand-mines/ Fallon: Fight for frack cash http://www.lep.co.uk/news/fallon-fight-for-frack-cash-1-6580036 Shale gas: the reality behind this week’s Tory rhetoric http://labourlist.org/2014/04/shale-gas-the-reality-behind-this-weeks-tory-rhetoric/ Family awarded $3MILLION after court finds chemical exposure from fracking on land next to their home left them sick and suffering horror side effects http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2611853/Family-awarded-THREE-MILLION-claiming-fracking-land-sick-verdict-kind-US.html New fracking law sparks anger http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11166895.New_fracking_law_sparks_anger/ Fracking to deliver tens of billions to UK supply chain the publication of a separate report mapping billions of barrels of shale oil that lie beneath the south of England has now been delayed until at least late May, The Telegraph has learnt http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10776566/Fracking-to-deliver-tens-of-billions-to-UK-supply-chain.html Elon Musk on global warming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvgj2D7ypA#t=173 North Dakota Finds Itself Unprepared To Handle The Radioactive Burden Of Its Fracking Boom http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/16/3427345/north-dakota-radioactive-waste-fracking/ Radioactive Waste Booms With Fracking as New Rules Mulled http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-15/radioactive-waste-booms-with-oil-as-new-rules-mulled.html Texas Freezes Agency's Funding Over Release of Data Linking Fracking to Ozone Pollution http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/04/texas_ozone_fracking.php M 3.2 - ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM - 2014-04-17 06:07:12 UTC http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=372825 Quantum Dot Technology Could Lead To Solar Panel Windows http://www.iflscience.com/technology/quantum-dot-technology-could-lead-solar-panel-windows Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/02/dangerous-radioactivity-fracking-waste-pennsylvania PETITION - DAVID CAMERON: STOP FRACKING https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/choose-clean-energy-over-fracking#petition INSPECTORS PACK OF LIES ABOUT BARTON MOSS PT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7N_qWkcyKk With Caroline Lucas found not guilty in the fracking trial, it is time to ponder Britain’s energy future http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/41351 - - - UPDATES 2014-04-16 Important website for sustainable energy in UK http://zerocarbonbritain.com/ Mitigation of Climate Change – Part 3 of the new IPCC report http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/04/mitigation-of-climate-change-part-3-of-the-new-ipcc-report/ Green Party warns of potential fracking in Purbeck http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/10154536.Green_Party_warns_of_potential_fracking_in_Purbeck/?action=complain&cid=11142077&ref=rc Caroline Lucas deserves a medal, not a criminal record, for opposing fracking http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/16/caroline-lucas-criminal-record-fracking-green-mp-shale-gas?CMP=fb_gu Up To 1,000 Times More Methane Released At Gas Wells Than EPA Estimates, Study Finds http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/15/3426697/methane-vastly-underestimated/ The what, when and where of global greenhouse gas emissions: A visual summary of the IPCC’s climate mitigation report http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/04/what-where-when-of-global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-three-charts/ BLOG - Biff Vernon - geologist, experienced campaigner http://biffvernon.blogspot.co.uk/ Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers http://report.mitigation2014.org/spm/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf UN urges huge increase in green energy to avert climate disaster http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/12/un-urges-increase-green-energy-avert-climate-disaster-uk?guni=Keyword%3Anews-grid+main-1+Main+trailblock%3AEditable+trailblock+-+news%3APosition1 Ohio confirms “probable connection” between fracking and earthquakes http://www.salon.com/2014/04/11/ohio_confirms_probable_connection_between_fracking_and_earthquakes/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow What Do Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Indonesian Forests All Have in Common? http://blog.ucsusa.org/what-do-star-wars-indiana-jones-and-indonesian-forests-all-have-in-common-481?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=fb Global Warming and the Ideology of Anthropogenic (Human Caused) Climate Change http://www.globalresearch.ca/global-warming-and-the-ideology-of-anthropogenic-human-caused-climate-change/5357415 Desmond Tutu calls for anti-apartheid style boycott of fossil fuel industry http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/10/desmond-tutu-anti-apartheid-style-boycott-fossil-fuel-industry Plans for Barton Moss-style drilling rig in Trafford opposed by residents http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fracking-trafford-igas-plans-barton-6949021 Global solar dominance in sight as science trumps fossil fuels http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/10755598/Global-solar-dominance-in-sight-as-science-trumps-fossil-fuels.html Giant Marble Harvests Energy from Sun and Moon http://news.discovery.com/tech/alternative-power-sources/rawlemon-globe-harvests-energy-sun-moon-120918.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1 Tipping Point for Climate Action? http://biffvernon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/tipping-point-for-climate-action.html Why US fracking companies are licking their lips over Ukraine http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/10/us-fracking-companies-climate-change-crisis-shock-doctrine IPCC explores the ethics and economics of fighting climate change http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059997597 OIL CONSULTANT TURNED WHISTLEBLOWER EXPOSES FRACKING CRIMES IN ALBERTA http://ecocidealert.com/?p=4320&utm_content=buffer71ba7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer BT, Shell and corporates call for trillion tonnes of carbon to stay in the ground http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/08/bt-shell-corporates-trillion-tonnes-carbon Wrexham fracking plans run out of gas http://dailywales.net/2014/04/04/wrexham-fracking-plans-run-out-of-gas/ U.S. natural gas exports poised for takeoff despite debate http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/07/us-natural-gas-exports-to-begin/7204925/ The Debate on Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas in the UK http://www.securingthefuture.co.uk/forum/58-fracking/2511-the-debate-on-hydraulic-fracturing-for-gas?user&passw Rising to the Challenge of Our Time, Together: Introducing The Climate Mobilization http://www.theclimatemobilization.org/ Shale industry faces global reality check http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26735000 Germany’s Environment Minister: Make Fracking Illegal http://www.popularresistance.org/germanys-environment-minister-make-fracking-illegal/ Gas chief Andrew Austin: Fracking in East Midlands could provide 'big prize' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26910718 Investigating Balcombe and Cuadrilla http://investigatingbalcombeandcuadrilla.com/2014/04/07/public-order-act-charges-thrown-out-in-ant-fracking-protest-case/ Anti-fracking petition signed by 3,000 sparks debate at high-level town hall meeting http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/anti-fracking-petition-signed-3000-sparks-6925754 Zero Carbon Britain Event 9th April: Join us online here! http://blog.cat.org.uk/2014/04/04/zero-carbon-britain-event-9th-april-join-us-online-here/ First Official Climate Change Refugees Evacuate Their Island Homes for Good http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/first-official-climate-change-refugees-evacuate-their-island-homes-for-good.html Public meeting to discuss shallow fracking dangers http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local-news/public-meeting-to-discuss-shallow-fracking-dangers-1-5977543 Fracking song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMCUC6hSKZ8 Headteacher’s fears over gas test drill site http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/upton-by-chester-high-school-headteachers-fears-6645411 PA DEP to Study Radiation Related to Marcellus Shale http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2013/01/24/pa-dep-to-study-radiation-related-to-marcellus-shale/
UN’s Top Climate Change Official Calls on Oil and Gas Industry to Undertake Radical Transformation towards New, Sustainable Energy Mix http://unfccc.int/files/press/press_releases_advisories/application/pdf/pr20140304_ipieca.pdf
Sonnenschiff: Solar City Produces 4X the Energy it Consumes http://inhabitat.com/sonnenschiff-solar-city-produces-4x-the-energy-it-needs/ "We Have to Consume Less": Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/21/we_have_to_consume_less_scientists Caroline Lucas: 'I didn't do this because I thought it was fun' http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/04/caroline-lucas-interview-anti-fracking-balcombe-climate-change-air-pollution EUROPE DOESN’T NEED AMERICA’S FRACKED NATURAL GAS http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/3/europe-russia-naturalgasenergy.html
IPIECA 40th Anniversary conference London, 3 April 2014 business as usual across the fossil fuel industry no longer exists, due to both physical boundaries and policy realities http://unfccc.int/files/press/statements/application/pdf/20140204_ipieca.pdf Tina Louise's Speech at the Mother's Against Fracking Rally 30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39uzL2vlZlk
House Dems Want EPA to Reopen Investigation on Fracking http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/House-Dems-Want-EPA-to-Reopen-Investigation-on-Fracking.html Britain Confronts Gas Mother Lode With Fracking by Lord Browne http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-02/britain-confronts-gas-mother-lode-with-fracking-by-lord-browne.html Scientist David King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_King_(chemist) Fracking to go ahead under homes even if owners object http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4051844.ece Lincolnshire solar energy farm will be 'UK's largest' http://www.smallholder.co.uk/news/11123035.Lincolnshire_solar_energy_farm_will_be__UK_s_largest_/ Government & BBC must improve climate communication http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/news/140401-climate-report-published/ UN - climate 'perfect storm' is already here. Time to slay Zombie Big Oil http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/apr/03/ipcc-un-climate-change-perfect-storm-zombie-oil Fracking must start by end of year, says Cameron: PM wants Britain to reduce dependence on Russian gas http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589417/Fracking-start-end-year-says-Cameron-PM-wants-Britain-reduce-dependence-Russian-gas.html What are the impacts of fracking? Show: The Pat Kenny Show http://www.newstalk.ie/player/podcasts/The_Pat_Kenny_Show/The_Pat_Kenny_Show_Highlights/43235/0/what_are_the_impacts_of_fracking DECC report, evaluation, comments https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/ Oil well safety warning for fracking http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26692050 - - - UPDATES 2014-03-24
NEW FILM ABOUT FRACKING - Published on 11 Mar 2014 This is an 8 minute cut of Wyoming rancher John Fenton's presentation at Casino, northern NSW Australia on 25 Feb 2014. John has a terrible story to tell about the effects of invasive gasfields on his property and family and explains how to avoid the same thing happening to you and your community. http://youtu.be/_b8s1JkkvxI Treasury BUDGET 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293759/37630_Budget_2014_Web_Accessible.pdf Page 35, 1.116: The government is committing to work with the oil and gas industry to ensure that the UK has the right skills and supply chain in place to benefit from the huge potential of the country’s oil and gas reserves. This will be crucial not only to ensure the UK benefits fully from its shale gas reserves, but also the offshore oil and gas fields – including new high pressure, high temperature projects – and to make the UK’s oil and gas supply chain world leading, creating local jobs and growth across the UK. Global warming to hit Asia hardest, warns new report on climate change http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/22/global-warming-hit-asia-hardest The climate change deniers have won http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/22/climate-change-deniers-have-won-global-warming?CMP=fb_gu 40ft-deep hole drains Stockport park lake of water http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/large-hole-suddenly-drains-lake-6860115 Owen Paterson held urgent meeting for fracking boss, documents show http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/21/owen-paterson-urgent-meeting-fracking-cuadrilla-lord-browne George Osborne is preparing to kill off Britain's renewable energy revolution http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/mar/20/george-osborne-budget-kill-renewable-energy-revolution-tax-break Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 Fossil Fuel Giants Guzzling World's Water as Poor Go Thirsty: UN http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/21-2
Fracking 'could harm wildlife' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26553117 Ban fracking in national parks, says the National Trust http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10693722/Ban-fracking-in-national-parks-says-the-National-Trust.html?fb Fracking shame: Full threat to British wildlife is laid bare in a new report showing up to half the country could be licensed for shale gas extraction http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fracking-shame-the-full-threat-to-british-wildlife-is-laid-bare-in-a-new-report-showing-up-to-18-per-cent-of-the-country-could-be-licensed-for-shale-gas-extraction-9187824.html Active fracking sites in the UK http://frack-off.org.uk/fracking-sites/ Fracking hell? Photo series follows families who say their lives and communities have been destroyed by the industry http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560235/Stunning-photos-impact-fracking-small-rural-Pennsylvania-communities.html A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water Californian almond farm ruined by fracking company operations http://www.frackaware.com/wordpress/?p=1829 Fracking is depleting water supplies in America's driest areas, report shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/fracking-water-america-drought-oil-gas A remarkably accurate global warming prediction, made in 1972 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/mar/19/global-warming-accurate-prediction-1972 Welcome to the largest anti-#fracking rally in California history! https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/444931257080627200/photo/1 WE THE PEOPLE http://wethepeopleuk.webs.com/ Mark Ruffalo on the Fracking Fight http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/mark-ruffalo-on-the-fracking-fight-20120516
Testimony Reveals Record 36% of North Dakota Fracked Gas Was Flared in December http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/03/10/record-36-precent-nd-fracked-gas-flared-dec-reveals-house-subcommittee-testimony
Wastewater Injection Triggered Oklahoma's Earthquake Cascade http://www.livescience.com/43953-wastewater-injection-earthquake-triggering.html 1500 MARCH AGAINST FRACKING IN MANCHESTER http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=2185 Fracking protester, 82, 'shocked to the core' by Greater Manchester Police's behaviour at Barton Moss http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fracking-protester-82-shocked-core-6788246
Study: Hydrofracking sickening animals, people www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/study-hydrofracking-sickening-animals-people/ Fracking contamination more common than US states report, says new review http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/06/drilling-pollution-complaints-state-reports-pennsylvania Dream of U.S. Oil Independence Slams Against Shale Costs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-27/dream-of-u-s-oil-independence-slams-against-shale-costs.html
Underwater Tidal Kites Are Producing Large Amounts Of Electricity Off The Coast Of Northern Ireland http://www.minds.com/blog/view/250900061095989248/underwater-tidal-kites-are-producing-large-amounts-of-electricity-off-the-coast-of-northern-ireland Bad air from fracking http://stories.weather.com/fracking Scotland Zips Past U.S. on Road to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020 http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/24/scotland-road-100-percent-renewable-energy-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scotland-road-100-percent-renewable-energy-2020
PEEL HOLDINGS BEAST EXPOSED IN SALFORD AND LIVERPOOL http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1761 Insurance shock for Wells home owners http://www.wellsjournal.co.uk/Insurance-shock-Wells-home-owners/story-20659325-detail/story.html - - - UPDATES 2014-02-20 Truth About Fracking - Wes Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XgoekcrBw&feature=share Fracking: It could be coming to YOUR back yard... http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/fracking-could-coming-your-merseyside-6713380 Greenhouse gas emissions from the UK www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/feb/18/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-the-uk Fracking hell? Photo series follows families who say their lives and communities have been destroyed by the industry http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560235/Stunning-photos-impact-fracking-small-rural-Pennsylvania-communities.html Anti-fracking protesters refuse to move after being told to leave by land owners Peel http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-barton-moss-anti-fracking-protesters-6713838 BREAKING NEWS: Huge Sinkhole Appears in Hemel Hempstead http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-news-huge-sinkhole-appears-hemel-hempstead-1436568 MOUNTING EVIDENCE: THE HARM CAUSED BY FRACKING http://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/ UK Shale Gas Potential and Perspectives http://euanmearns.com/uk-shale-gas-potential-and-perspectives/ Flooding and storms in UK are clear signs of climate change, says Lord Stern http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/13/flooding-storms-uk-climate-change-lord-stern 1 missing, 1 hurt in natural gas well explosion in Greene County http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/5575457-74/dispatcher-county-emergency#axzz2tD3eEsKy Gas explosion sets homes on fire in central Kentucky http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/13/us/kentucky-fire/ US Solar Industry Records Explosive Growth in Third Quarter http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/12/u-s-solar-industry-records-explosive-growth-in-third-quarter THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR PLANT OPENED TODAY http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/02/13/the-worlds-largest-solar-plant-opened-today/?utm_source=gpusfb&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=energy BP cancelled fracking http://marcellusdrilling.com/2013/01/bp-cancels-deal-for-7-of-alov-leases-in-trumbull-county-oh/ Good Life Project http://www.goodlifeproject.com/ Explosion at Fracking Well Sparks Fire Set to Rage for Days http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/11-8 Welsh MPs on fact-finding mission to shale gas site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26070476 Anti-fracking protester to sue police over 'trumped-up' drink arrest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5m0c9mX7RM&feature=youtu.be Fracking is depleting water supplies in America's driest areas, report shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/fracking-water-america-drought-oil-gas Is the lord of the manor planning to dig up your garden? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/10467955/Is-the-lord-of-the-manor-planning-to-dig-up-your-garden.html REG High Down – construction on schedule! http://blog.abundancegeneration.com/2014/02/turbine-successfully-installed-at-reg-high-down/ MP demands answers on why waste water from fracking was dumped into the Manchester Ship Canal http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10971603.MP_demands_answers_on_why_waste_water_from_fracking_was_dumped_into_the_Manchester_Ship_Canal/?ref=rss Vince Cable: shale gas won't be a reality in UK for at least a decade http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/04/vince-cable-shale-gas-uk-fracking?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 This is the fracking truth http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/fracking-aquifers-tap-water
Police Psychopath Caught on Camera Framing Innocent Fracking Protester for DUI http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/02/03/police-psychopath-caught-on-camera-framing-innocent-fracking-protester-for-dui/ Police powers finally kettled by High Court http://netpol.org/2013/06/18/police-powers-finally-kettled-by-high-court/ Ex-BP oil disaster and fracking executive to lead big government projects http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/03/bp-oil-disaster-fracking-executive-hs2-john-manzoni Barton Moss fracking: For and against http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25713163 Help Falkirk fight the Dash-for-Gas. Don't wait till it's at your door! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB0pxFH9EeU Fracking Vs The Environment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Dsu4HDU-Q Sussex landowners mount 'legal blockade' against fracking http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26007057 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8szNPgrEs Incidents where hydraulic fracturing is a suspected cause of drinking water contamination http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/incidents_where_hydraulic_frac.html Salford homes' water supply cut off or discoloured http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-homes-water-supply-cut-6660070 - - - UPDATES 2014-01-29 Fracking: “Helpful or harmful?” - public debate in Hassocks packed out http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/local/fracking-helpful-or-harmful-public-debate-in-hassocks-packed-out-1-5837909 £4m cost of Balcombe police operation ‘value for money’ says chief constable http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/local/4m-cost-of-balcombe-police-operation-value-for-money-says-chief-constable-1-5836588 We should be fracking all over the UK, says Paterson: Environment Secretary says Britain must cash in on shale gas http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547785/We-fracking-UK-says-Paterson-Environment-Secretary-says-Britain-cash-shale-gas.html#ixzz2rmPUt1ri BP quits Islandmagee Storage's Larne Lough gas plan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25929655 The truth about renewable energy storage http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/blog/articles/2014/01/28/the-truth-about-renewable-energy-storage Pete Seeger & Onondaga Leader Oren Lyons on Fracking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3hFVxrnlyQ#t=238 Coalbed methane and fracking 'unregulatable' says toxins expert http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/node/1606 Cuadrilla 'not hiding' fracking plans at Balcombe site http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qhgn3 Public support for fracking in Britain falls for a second time http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/28/fracking-protest-david-cameron-public-support-poll?commentpage=1 Fracking firms 'should pay £6bn a year tax to compensate for climate change' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/26/fracking-firms-tax-compensate-climate-change Frackquake in West Texas today by TXSHARON on JANUARY 27, 2014 http://www.texassharon.com/2014/01/27/frackquake-in-west-texas-today/ What happened to DCNR’s $6 million Marcellus monitoring report? http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2014/01/26/what-happened-to-dcnrs-6-million-marcellus-monitoring-report/ Fracking Waste: Too Toxic, Even For A Hazardous Waste Site http://planetsave.com/2013/04/30/fracking-waste-too-toxic-even-for-a-hazardous-waste-site/#BJi3TQyw6P6wiXFu.99 Caudrilla withdraws applications to frack in Lancashire after encountering problems with radioactive waste disposal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caudrilla-withdraws-applications-to-frack-in-lancashire-after-encountering-problems-with-radioactive-waste-disposal-9088986.html In brief: The EU’s new 2030 climate and energy package http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/01/in-brief-the-eu%E2%80%99s-new-2030-climate-and-energy-package-(1)/ The truth about David Cameron's fracking fairytale, by Chris Huhne Cameron's story about how shale gas will save the British economy is demonstrably and devastatingly false http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/26/truth-david-cameron-fracking-fairytale-shale-gas?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 Vanessa Vine Versus MP Peter Lilley, ITN - 26/1/2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK_DbM1_z0w MP Peter Lilley has received more than $400,000 in oil company share options Analysis shows full extent of climate sceptic's financial interests in oil industry and places committee role under further scrutiny http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/20/peter-lilley-oil-company-shares North East Lincolnshire MPs divided over David Cameron's pro-fracking policies http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/North-East-Lincolnshire-MPs-divided-David-Cameron/story-20484865-detail/story.html#ixzz2rMHj5qUw Huge trucks at Barton Moss + police brutality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFtx4Q0VNk#t=253
Law could be changed to allow fracking below houses without owners’ permission http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/law-could-be-changed-to-allow-fracking-below-houses-without-owners-permission-9086650.html
Fracking fears over waste water could delay plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25878275 Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/science-says-revolt - - - UPDATES 2014-01-24
North Dorset councillors urge government to scrap "deplorable" fracking incentive http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/North-Dorset-councillors-urge-government-scrap/story-20445457-detail/story.html
Fracking has conquered the US. But here's why it can't happen in Britain http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/19/why-fracking-wont-work-in-britain EU climate chief: Forget US-style shale gas revolution http://routemag.com/2013/05/16/eu-climate-chief-forget-shale/ SCIENCE, DEMOCRACY, AND COMMUNITY Decisions on Fracking A LEWIS M. BRANSCOMB FORUM http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/center-for-science-and-democracy/Decisions_On_Fracking_Forum_Summary.pdf Think Global Green International about hydraulic fracturing - science and risks explained http://www.thinkglobalgreen.org/fracking.html List of Bans Worldwide http://keeptapwatersafe.org/global-bans-on-fracking/ Carbon Tracker Initiative http://www.carbontracker.org/unburnable-carbon# Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy - about fracking http://www.psehealthyenergy.org/site/show_list/id/13 Nearly half of public 'oppose fracking within 10 miles of their home' www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10574243/Nearly-half-of-public-oppose-fracking-within-10-miles-of-their-home.html Energy Companies Always Say Fracking is 100% Safe. This Report Just Debunked That. http://www.policymic.com/articles/78935/energy-companies-always-say-fracking-is-100-safe-this-report-just-debunked-that Global Energy Initiative http://globalenergyinitiative.org/ Europe Opens Its Doors to Fracking http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/22/europe-opens-doors-fracking/ Property advice: Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertyclinic/5917484/Property-advice-Certificate-of-Lawful-Existing-Use-or-Development.html The Hawkwoods’ story - film about a farm and fracking http://albertavoices.ca/stories/thehawkwoods/ Jose Bove, French MEP, pledges to help Britons resist Total fracking http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/20/green-mep-total-fracking-shale-gas?CMP=twt_gu BBC interview with Frence MEP Jose Bove http://vimeo.com/84556752 400 gather at anti-fracking rally French MEP José Bové http://news.uk.msn.com/400-gather-at-anti-fracking-rally French MEP José Bové Talking in Balcombe http://vimeo.com/84567560 Rebecca Harms, German MEP, Talking in Balcombe & Q&A session with Jose Bove http://vimeo.com/84669255 Kat Boettge Sunday Politics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esjNP_Acwi4&feature=youtu.be BBC - Could unregulated fracking soon be a reality around the region? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mqm Shale gas 'boom' is a long way off, claim experts http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10585296/Shale-gas-boom-is-a-long-way-off-claim-experts.html?fb EU Wants Common Rules for Shale Gas 'Fracking' http://www.industryweek.com/energy-management/eu-wants-common-rules-shale-gas-fracking?eid=forward Energy Companies Always Say Fracking is 100% Safe. This Report Just Debunked That. http://www.policymic.com/articles/78935/energy Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-10/epa-s-reliance-on-driller-data-for-water-irks-homeowners.html Are you opposed to fracking? Then you might just be a terrorist http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jan/21/fracking-activism-protest-terrorist-oil-corporate-spies Texans angrily protest fracking after 30 earthquakes hit town http://rt.com/usa/azle-texas-austin-fracking-979/ Fears of global oil crisis aired at Transatlantic Energy Security Dialogue. http://www.jeremyleggett.net/2014/01/9876/ Have your say on future production of minerals in West Sussex http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/your_council/news_and_events/news/2014_archive/january_2014/have_your_say_on_future_produc.aspx ETHICS OF FRACKING ASKS HARD QUESTIONS http://www.nofrackingway.us/2014/01/20/ethics-of-fracking-asks-hard-questions/ MP Peter Lilley has received more than $400,000 in oil company share options Analysis shows full extent of climate sceptic's financial interests in oil industry and places committee role under further scrutiny http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/20/peter-lilley-oil-company-shares Oil Executive: Military-Style 'Psy Ops' Experience Applied http://www.cnbc.com/id/45208498 Petitioning Ed Milliband (and the Labour Party) Provide an effective opposition to shale gas / fossil fuels and commit to Green Renewable Energy. http://www.change.org/petitions/ed-milliband-and-the-labour-party-provide-an-effective-opposition-to-shale-gas-fossil-fuels-and-commit-to-green-renewable-energy?share_id=AsXreRXhjq&utm_campaign=share_button_mobile&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition Anti-fracking protestors picket Bournemouth petrol station http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10947495.Anti_fracking_protestors_picket_Bournemouth_petrol_station/ Cracking the Fracking Debate http://blogs.birminghampost.co.uk/news/2014/01/cracking-the-fracking-debate.html The UK's best attended shale gas conference http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/shale-gas-uk/index.stm UK Proposes to Frack One-Half of Great Britain http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/13/uk-proposes-to-frack-one-half-great-britain/ John Blaymires - COO of IGAS - UCL Energy Society Event for UCL Energy Society · By Waldemar von Ravensburg https://www.facebook.com/events/807985229227881/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular Welcome to A Shade Greener. Providers of FREE Solar Panels http://ashadegreener.co.uk/?ad_ref=sfb39l Anti-fracking protests persist as Cameron promotes shale - video http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2014/jan/13/anti-fracking-protesters-cameron-shale-video Total Garage Lock-On (Bolton) http://itookyourpic.com/barton_moss_protection_camp/total_garage_lock_on/ Don’t let them drill in the South Downs! www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/don’t-let-them-drill-south-downs-20140113 Vanessa Vine Spells Out the Government Position on Fracking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh0I3n0KVY IoD report fantastical and funded by Cuadrilla http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/press-releases/iod-report-fantastical-and-funded-cuadrilla-20130522 UK government found ‘cheerleading’ for fracking industry http://rt.com/news/uk-government-fracking-industry-829/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome Pope Francis speaks out against fracking and environmental devastation http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/11/29/pope-francis-speaks-out-against-fracking-and-environmental-devastation/ Fracking and Drinking Water Map: This Map Shows Where You Shouldn’t Drink Tap Water in the USA http://strangesounds.org/2013/07/fracking-and-drinking-water-map-this-map-shows-you-where-you-shouldnt-drink-tap-water-in-the-usa.html Days to save Europe’s climate legacy http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_eu_climate_legacy_f/?bJrzbdb&v=34364 Question Time - BBC - 6/01/2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q48yf/Question_Time_16_01_2014/ Emails reveal UK helped shale gas industry manage fracking opposition http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/emails-uk-shale-gas-fracking-opposition Eni Is Said to Abandon Polish Shale Aspirations http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/business/international/eni-is-said-to-abandon-polish-shale-aspirations.html Vanessa Vine Points out the Government Lies at Barton Moss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgyIdcKMmbU Prime Minister promises financial boost for 'fracking' councils http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/prime-minister-promises-financial-boost-6501194 If you had to choose between fracking or wind turbines to produce energy in your area, which would you go for? http://www.countryfile.com/poll/if-you-had-choose-between-fracking-or-wind-turbines-your-local-area-produce-future-energy-which Fracking: Let the People Decide www.dorseteye.com/north/photos/fracking-let-the-people-decide Silver Fox Legal statement 16/01/2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLeOdNGFnOk Combined heat and power (CHP) www.greenpeace.org.uk/climate/solutions/combined-heat-and-power-chp#.UtfCxu7FTZw.facebook ‘Fracking would ruin countryside for no gain’ Wales Green leader http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/10938713._lsquo_Fracking_would_ruin_countryside_for_no_gain_rsquo__Wales_Green_leader/?ref=nt Council leader declares fracking companies ‘more than welcome’ in the Fens with money raised for community benefit http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/council_leader_declares_fracking_companies_more_than_welcome_in_the_fens_with_money_raised_for_community_benefit_1_3205620 Waltham Forest Council refuses permision to allow fracking in borough http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/10939440.Fracking_incentive_offer_rejected/ ----------- New shale gas drilling areas to be revealed as communities promised £100,000 benefits for fracking http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10507162/New-shale-gas-drilling-areas-to-be-revealed-as-communities-promised-100000-benefits-for-fracking.html UK fracking industry's PR offensive 'becoming more canny' http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2191632/uk_fracking_industrys_pr_offensive_becoming_more_canny.html - - - UPDATES 2014-01-14 The Truth Behind The Dash For Gas 2014 - NEW FILM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_J6lyKZA4#t=87
UK defeats European bid for fracking regulations http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/14/uk-defeats-european-bid-fracking-regulations MATT TAYLOR SLAMS DAVID CAMERON OVER FRACKING http://gettingreadyfor2015.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/matt-taylor-slams-david-cameron-over-fracking/ Republican Deregulation Culture to Blame For Water Poisoning West Virginia Chemical Spill http://www.politicususa.com/2014/01/13/republican-deregulation-blame-water-poisoning-west-virginia-chemicalspill.html?WPACFallback=1&WPACRandom=1389726242507 e-petition - Invest in renewables - not fracking http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/54669 Wind power was Spain's top source of electricity in 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/06/wind-power-spain-electricity-2013?CMP=twt_gu Fracking political map http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/data/fracking-political-map EPA: California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean http://truth-out.org/news/item/21208-epa-california-offshore-frackers-must-disclose-chemicals-dumped-into-ocean Protectors Travelling Fund - UK protestors http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/protectors-travelling-fund Sign now for a Frack-Free UK! https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/frack-free-uk?source=fb&subsource=20140114 Natural Gas Prices, Coal Use, And Carbon Pollution Jumped In 2013 http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/13/3153671/carbon-pollution-jumped-2-percent/? utm_source=Energydesk+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=3a7600df67-Energydesk_Dispatch5_9_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ad1a620334-3a7600df67-34310345 Oil Solutions At Work: Experts and Entrepreneurs Working To Reduce U.S. Oil Use http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/smart-transportation-solutions/oil-solutions-work.html Petitioning Lord Browne of Madingley We call on Lord Browne to resign from his position in the Cabinet Office due to his vested interests in profiting from fracking http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/we-call-on-lord-browne-to-resign-from-his-position-in-the-cabinet-office-due-to-his-vested-interests-in-profiting-from-fracking-and-the-conflict-of-interest-this-causes? share_id=QBvCbZVTkB&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition “CLEAN COAL” IS STILL POISONING PEOPLE’S WATER AND AIR http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/01/10/4-methylcyclohexane-methanol-clean-coal-is-still-poisoning- peoples-water-and-air/?utm_source=gpusfb&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=coal Clear climate risks linked to fracking, scientists told UK government http://www.rtcc.org/2014/01/13/clear-climate-risks-linked-to-fracking-scientists-told-uk- government/?utm_source=Energydesk+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=3a7600df67- Energydesk_Dispatch5_9_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ad1a620334-3a7600df67-34310345#sthash.ljXH2EQs.dpuf Now it’s Fracking Bribery http://eastmidlandsgreenparty.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/now-its-fracking-bribery/ Tesla Motors, London - evidence that new tech works http://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/london
Hundreds show support for anti-fracking protesters at peaceful march to Barton Moss drill site http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/hundreds-show-support-anti-fracking-protesters-6499696 Anti-fracking protest march staged at Barton Moss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25704852 UK and Poland announce plans to push fracking across Europe http://www.rtcc.org/2014/01/09/cameron-to-work-with-poland-on-undermining-eu-fracking-legislation/#sthash.YuKd3TaS.dpuf French oil giant Total to invest in UK shale gas http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25695813 Days Before Casselton Oil Train Explosion, Obama Signed Bill Hastening Fracking Permits on ND Public Lands http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/07/days-before-casselton-oil-train-explosion-president-obama-signed-bill-hastening-fracking-permitting-nd-public-lands Global warming is being caused by humans, not the sun, and is highly sensitive to carbon, new research shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/09/global-warming-humans-not-sun?CMP=fb_us Memo to many in W. Va.: Don't drink the water http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/09/us/west-virginia-contaminated-water/ Up to 2,000 frack wells a year needed to cut gas bills: Cost benefits may only be achieved by 'major disruption to landscape' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536238/Up-2-000-frack-wells-year-needed-cut-gas-bills-Cost-benefits-achieved-major-disruption-landscape.html#ixzz2pt7QLllV Presenting the Geoscience Behind the UK’s Shale Potential, 4-5 March 2014 http://www.shaleuk.com/ People living in fracking areas set to get more compensation http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/people-living-in-fracking-areas-set-to-get-more-compensation-9047653.html
Environmental report for further onshore oil and gas licensing https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/environmental-report-for-further-onshore-oil-and-gas-licensing
Photos reveal effects of Marcellus shale drilling http://triblive.com/aande/3032181-74/fair-drilling-brown-gas-goldsmith-marcellus-neighbors-fracking-homes-shale#ixzz2pd4TqVnv THE 9 BIGGEST MOMENTS IN FRACKING IN 2013 http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/01/08/the-9-biggest-moments-in-fracking-in-2013/?utm_source=gpusfb&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=fracking (photo) Nina Berman: Having no clean well water, Jodie Simons and Jason Lamphere give their horses bottled water to drink. They claim their water was contaminated by nearby gas-drilling activities causing their daughter to be sick and their animals to die. Monroeton, Bradford County, 2011. http://triblive.com/aande/3032181-74/fair-drilling-brown-gas-goldsmith-marcellus-neighbors-fracking-homes-shale#ixzz2pd4TqVnv
A U-Turn on Fracking Would be the Wisest Option http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/a-u-turn-on-fracking-would-be-the-wisest-option?share_id=eITbWMprov&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition Fracking house price threat spreads http://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/mortgage-solutions/news/2278905/fracking-house-price-threat-spreads#.UsyRKVzx0DE.facebook Leaking well, company draw state’s notice http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/leaking-well-company-draw-states-notice/
Tory supporters: do you realise that fracking is messier and nastier than wind turbines? http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jennyjones/100253446/tory-supporters-do-you-realise-that-fracking-is-messier-and-nastier-than-wind-turbines/ Sign now for a Frack-Free UK! Greenpeace https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/frack-free-uk?source=fb&subsource=share&utm_medium=fb&utm_source=gpeace&utm_campaign=fracking2 Dorset County Council approves plans for 24-hour exploratory gas well drilling www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10913821.Dorset_County_Council_approves_plans_for_24_hour_exploratory_gas_well_drilling/?action=success Water Pollution From Drilling Confirmed In At Least 4 States, Casting Doubt On Safety Of Boom http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/water-pollution-drilling_n_4548561.html?utm_hp_ref=green UK website about fracking by Alan Tootill http://www.frackingdigest.co.uk/ Fracking contamination more common than US states report, says new review http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/06/drilling-pollution-complaints-state-reports-pennsylvania
STOP FRACKING IN TAMESIDE https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-fracking-in-tameside FRACK FREE DORSET'S BROCHURE http://www.frackfreedorset.org.uk/files/FFDleaflet(web).pdf PDF-FILES RELATED TO FRACKING! http://my-pages.net/alerteschiste/pdf.php
Outrage as Prince Charles Tells Villagers He Owns The Land Beneath their Homes www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/outrage-as-prince-charles-tells-villagers-he-owns-the-land-beneath-their-homes.html Study Shows Fracking Is Bad for Babies http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-04/study-shows-fracking-is-bad-for-babies.html 'Frack Master' says UK shale gas market threatened by scaremongering http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/15/frack-master-says-uk-investment-threatened-by-green-campaigners-shale-gas Fracking Bans Spread Across Argentina, Global Resistance Grows http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/fracking-bans-spread-across-argentina-global-resistance-grows/ Funding axed for clean-up of toxic land http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/funding-axed-for-cleanup-of-toxic-land-9028637.html In Big Victory, PA Supreme Court Rules Local Towns Retain Zoning Power http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/in-big-victory-pa-supreme-court-rules-local-towns-retain-zoning-power France’s Ban On Fracking Is ‘Absolute’ http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/11/2773071/france-frack-ban/ Dangers of fracking explained http://dangersoffracking.com/ TECHNOLOGYWATER - UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World http://www.technologywater.com/post/69995394390/un-report-says-small-scale-organic-farming-only-way-to Wind industry set for record breaking month http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2320516/wind-industry-set-for-record-breaking-month The Fracking Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/20/the-fracking-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roost/ Social Cost of Fracking in Rural Pennsylvania Counties http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/Social_Costs_of_Fracking.pdf Earthquakes from onshore gas drilling threaten a disaster, warn residents of Dutch city http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/10162343/Earthquakes-from-onshore-gas-drilling-threaten-a-disaster-warn-residents-of-Dutch-city.html Fracking produces annual toxic waste water enough to flood Washington DC http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/04/fracking-us-toxic-waste-water-washington Fracking protest 'scars' Balcombe village http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25340896 PETITION - FRACK FREE FERNHURST http://www.frackfreefernhurst.com/submit-an-objection/ Fracking thing starting to feel completely insane http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/fracking-thing-starting-to-feel-completely-insane-2013121982170 Government fails communities on fracking http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/government_fails_communities_41573.html#.UrLek9_OfUo.facebook Fracking firm Cuadrilla pulls out of Lancashire 'quake' site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-25415187 Months After Banning Fracking, France Now Has A Carbon Tax http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/19/3091081/france-carbon-tax/# Introduction to the Water Framework Directive, UK http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33362.aspx The EU Water Framework Directive - integrated river basin management for Europe http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/ Environmental report for further onshore oil and gas licensing https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/environmental-report-for-further-onshore-oil-and-gas-licensing Bentley locals prepare for CSG blockade http://www.echo.net.au/2013/12/bentley-locals-prepare-for-csg-blockade/
Kevin Anderson - scientist about fracking and clean energy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBWkPNz2TQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Anderson_(scientist) http://kevinanderson.info/ http://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2013/12/17/professor-kevin-anderson-on-shale-gas-civil-disobedience-and-barton-moss-manchester-climate/ 'The Queen owns what's under your homes' http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Queen-owns-s-homes/story-19715873-detail/story.html Blockade Number 1 at Barton Moss http://activisttech.org/blog/-/blogs/blockade-number-1-at-barton-moss?p_p_auth=D0dvlxNT Professor Smythe and the Lords Select Committee, evidence dated 11th November. http://frackingdigest.co.uk/lordssmythe.htm EU leaves shale gas out of stricter law on environmental studies http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/eu-environment-shalegas-idUSL6N0JZ3JT20131220 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General found EPA Region 6 was justified in legally intervening to protect Parker County http://www.nationofchange.org/inspector-general-finds-epa-justified-intervening-protect-drinking-water-fracking-1387983304
Fracking chemicals 'could cause infertility, cancer and birth defects' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10520735/Fracking-chemicals-could-cause-infertility-cancer-and-birth-defects.html Ministers reveal UK fracking roadmap http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/17/ministers-reveal-uk-fracking-roadmap Poll: Do you support the idea of fracking? http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/12/18/poll-do-you-support-the-idea-of-fracking/ 5 bedroom detached house for sale £975,000 Brighton Grange Farm, Barton Moss Road, Barton Moss http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42547154.html Gas companies granted licences for fracking in Dorset and the New Forest http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10441582.Gas_companies_granted_licences_for_fracking_in_Dorset_and_the_New_Forest/ - - - - - - END OF ADDED UPDATES TO THIS LIST 2014-01-14 Mining services company AJ Lucas holds 55pc stake in UK's huge gas discovery http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/mining-services-company-aj-lucas-holds-55pc-stake-in-uks-huge-gas-discovery/story-e6frg9df-1226163384093 Wastewater Case Raises the Concept of Underground Trespassing http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/us/wastewater-case-raises-the-concept-of-underground-trespassing.html?_r=1& EARTHQUAKES: Shaking in Texas makes officials worry about injection from drilling http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059991334 America’s greenest energy source - READ THE COMMENTS http://nypost.com/2013/12/04/americas-greenest-energy-source/ SCIENTIFIC FILM Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, Senior Policy Advisor at the National Toxics Network, explains the latest medical research relating to unconventional gasfields and human health. Presentation at Kyogle Gasfields-Free Community Celebrations, northern NSW, Australia, 23 November 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5TFlCSn0gs Pennsylvania Fracking Study Shows Chemicals Did Not Contaminate Water http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/pennsylvania-fracking-study_n_3622512.html#slide=2812221 US Government Role in Shale Gas Fracking History: An Overview and Response to Our Critics http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/shale_gas_fracking_history_and
FRACKING - AVANT ET APRES! - before and after, photos http://my-pages.net/alerteschiste/fracking-before-after.php Second leak reported at east Fort Worth gas well site http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/12/07/5399740/second-leak-reported-at-east-fort.html?rh=1 Straight talk - Pennsylvanians speak out to Governor Corbett about fracking http://youtu.be/7VhDXNEEVCs Charlie Rose Robert A Lutz & Elon Musk interesting snippet http://youtu.be/7lvgj2D7ypA Pro-fracking Tory MP rejects drilling in his own backyard http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10482667/Pro-fracking-Tory-MP-rejects-drilling-in-his-own-backyard.html Martin Sheen Exposé on Fracking to Air on Public TV http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/03/martin-sheen-expose-on-fracking/ YOUTUBE http://youtu.be/qkPaqO-4TlM The Potential Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater and Drill Cuttings http://www.r-cause.net/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/steingraber_senate_testimony_12_12_11.pdf Lib Dems attack fracking report http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/winchester/10846787.Lib_Dems_attack_fracking_report/ Does Frac Sand Mining Rush In Wisconsin Threaten Public Health? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/07/frac-sand-mining-wisconsin-health_n_2256753.html How one frac sand mine company sneaked into Missouri http://kbia.org/post/how-one-frac-sand-mine-company-sneaked-missouri Barton Moss: The latest front line in Britain’s unconventional energy revolution against fracking http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/barton-moss-the-latest-front-line-in-britains-unconventional-energy-revolution-against-fracking-8967753.html Banks Reluctant to Lend in Shale Plays as Evidence Mounts on Harm to Property Values Near Fracking http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/11/25/new-evidence-fracking-s-property-value-impacts-banks-growing-reluctant-lend-near-gas-wells Word Games are Misleading the American Public About Fracking http://blog.skytruth.org/2013/11/fracking-word-games.html Analysis Finds Offshore Fracking Industry Pumping Toxic Wastewater Into Coastal Waters http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/15/fracking-industry-pumping-toxic-wastewater-in-coastal-waters/ New UK wind power record and gas use falls commensurately http://blog.abundancegeneration.com/2013/11/new-uk-wind-power-record-and-gas-use-falls-commensurately/?utm_source=SOCIAL_MEDIA&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=blog Barclays invests in shale gas revolution http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10486422/Barclays-invests-in-shale-gas-revolution.html Petition https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Barclays_Bank_Dont_back_fracking_in_the_UK/sign/?afugqbb SALFORD OPPOSITION TO FRACKING GROWS AT BARTON MOSS http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=2045 SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE ENERGY SOURCES - STANFORD http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/january/jacobson-world-energy-012611.html SOLUTIONS AND FUTURE ENERGY SOURCES - GERMANY http://www.expressionoftruth.com/2013/07/german-village-produces-321-more-energy.html UK FARMER ABOUT FRACKING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfohLCKO3c CHURCH OF ENGLAND ABOUT FRACKING http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10240773/fracking-swanage-threatens-Gods-glorious-creation.html POPE FRANCIS ABOUT FRACKING http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2013/11/29/pope-francis-speaks-out-against-fracking-and-environmental-devastation/ KEISER REPORT, FRACKING DOES NOT PAY http://youtu.be/GvTzMHCeiZA
THE ECONOMIST http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/08/interview-george-mitchell WHAT CHEMICALS ARE USED http://fracfocus.org/chemical-use/what-chemicals-are-used
COUNCILS MUST MAKE DECISION http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/oct/28/frack-shale-gas-local-communities GREEN PEACE SYSTEM - COULD YOUR HOME BE FRACKED? http://www.wrongmove.org/
GREEN PEACE http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/3-reasons-why-we-could-all-be-fracked-fracking-20130812
GREEN PEACE IN DORCHESTER http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/29076/15/1/dorchester-environment-campaigners-rally
WATER ON FIRE http://gas2.org/2013/11/08/fracking-victim-steve-lipskys-flaming-water-joke/
REGULATIONS FAIL TO PROTECT WATER http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/07/oil-and-gas-regulations-fail-to-protect-water/ JOBCUT AT ENVIRONMENT AGENCY http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/massive-job-cuts-at-the-environment-agency-8909182.html ENERGY COMPANIES http://www.goodfuckingidea.com/923 Health advisor urges early assessment of shale gas risks in planning process http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1317140158707
TYPES OF FRACKING http://eprints.port.ac.uk/13312/1/Guide_to_Fracturing_r1.pdf
FRACKING "IS SAFE... AND IT'S COMING SOON" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10437394/Fracking-is-safe...-and-its-coming-soon.html THE HULK FIGHTS FRACKING IN NEW YORK http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/the-hulk-gets-angry-at-hydraulic-fracturing WHAT IS SHALE GAS? http://www.aldes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ALDShaleGas813.pdf SHIPPING OF FRACKING WASTE WATER ON RIVERS AND LAKES http://www.alternet.org/fracking/plan-proposed-allow-fracking-wastewater-be-shipped-barge-rivers-and-lakes
SCIENTIFIC GUIDE ON FRACKING www.tni.org/sites/www.tni.org/files/download/fracking_old_story_new_threat_0.pdf
A bank's mortgage offer for a house was initially withdrawn due to its valuer being "unable to assess the property's risk" from a West Sussex drill site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-24640990 DORSET EYE 12. NOVEMBER, JOIN NO FRACKING DORSET http://www.dorseteye.com/north/articles/join-no-fracking-dorset FRACK FREE FERNHURST ENGAGE TRANSPORT PLANNING CONSULTANCY TO ADVISE ON THE TRAFFIC http://www.frackfreefernhurst.com/news/2013/11/12/fracking-traffic Shale Shock: How to Invest in Hydraulic Fracturing http://www.energyandcapital.com/report/shale-shock-how-to-invest-in-hydraulic-fracturing/720 The Truth About Fracking Part 1 http://vimeo.com/user8434969 The Pope says No to Fracking and that “Water is worth more than gold” http://www.ejolt.org/2013/11/the-pope-says-no-to-fracking-and-that-water-is-worth-more-than-gold/ Enjoy Our Domestic Oil Abundance While It Lasts http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml ------------------------------------ Four reasons to stop fracking :
1) Pollution Fracking inserts cancer causing and radioactive chemicals beneath the ground and increases climate change above ground. And it poisons drinking water. Ok, there is legislation against the underground pollution, but that didn't stop the Gulf of Mexico disaster either.
2) Quality of life Quality of life above ground is significantly reduced, not just by the poisoning and pollution mentioned, but also by the thousands of lorry movements needed for each well, over many years. This ruins quality of life in the area and reduces house prices, making some homes unsellable.
3) Costs The lorry movements are already damaging roads around Balcombe. Who pays to repair those roads? Not the fracking company, the county council and it's taxpayers. These costs, and house price reductions, are not charged to the fracking company Profit and Loss statement, but are 'externalities'. So who benefits?
4) Profits Whilst the costs are borne by the many local residents, there is a good deal of money to be made, by the few people who own the fracking operations, an alarming number of whom seem to be either friends of or related to the politicians (both at local and at national level) who granted permissions for the fracking to go ahead. This is the real scandal: that a few 'absentee cronies' make profits, while many others pay the costs, many others have their quality of life and house values devalued, and future generations have their earth, air and water disastrously polluted. ------------------------------------ Interview with Ian R Crane, geo political analyst, researcher and ex-oilfield executive http://www.blogtalkradio.com/globalpeaceradio/2013/08/15/ian-r-crane-interview Ian Crane lectures and writes about the shocking dangers of Fracking for Shale gas. Ian explains why Fracking is such a disaster for humanity and the planet, which if unleashed on society will poison the water and the air which we rely on for survival. We talk about the shocking truth that the government and the gas companies are ethically compromising to the point where greed and profit has become more important than even their own children’s future. Ian helps us understand that the consequences and feedback loops from decisions made now without vision or wisdom will cause us horrific damage in the future. The decision to Frack for gas or not lies in the hands of the people and not the politicians, because is it becoming more and more glaringly obvious to the people that their governments are not responsible enough to have such power, and cannot be morally trusted with it. People everywhere are realizing that if it is left to the politicians, our country and planet will be ruined by short sighted greed, so we are witnessing a revolution of consciousness and conscience, as peoples ethical alarm bells are ringing loud and clear, alerting us that we cannot pursue our current, destructive trajectory.
------------------------------------ FILM with Fiona Harvey, Natalie Bennett, Professor Jim Watson and Vanessa Vine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMiPtcrKcBo "Energy in the Future - Where we’ll get our energy from in the future is one of the greatest challenges facing the world as we move through the 21st Century. There are finite resources and a growing population. This panel, including the leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett, environmental campaigner Vanessa Vine, The Guardian’s Environment Editor Fiona Harvey, and Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, Professor Jim Watson, discuss saving energy, alternative energy and the pros and cons of controversial sources such as shale gas through fracking." — at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Transcripts from the film: Natalie Bennett Wind ressources, solar, tidal, hydro, important, who owns the ressources, community owned NO nuclear or fracking, 40 billion subsidy on nuclear for 40 years, nuclear does not stack up on cost grounds, energy bills have risen in past years, due to rising price of gas, cause expensive energy future, energy conservation, leaky homes insulation, jobs with insulation, cut carbon emmissions, the green deal 7% loans to insulate houses, rely on renewables, wind ressources, solar, tidal, hydro, no nuclear, frack, expensive and polluting, energy conservation, give jobs, cut carbon Important to develop renewable energy now, I agree with CBI, decarbonisation by 2030: only 0 carbon power plants, We do need to not exploit all resources, even the cleanest gas cannot be used
Professor Jim Watson There may be break throughs in new energy The technologies for renewable energy already exist There are many ways of solving energy problems, not only a few Energy calculator online, Friends of the Earth Wear more jumpers in the winter We have choices Natural gas is important to UK, heating and power Fracking is overhyped, we don't know enough George Osborne made assumptions Environmental campaigner Vanessa Vine Experiences in Lancashire Fracked gas is not a solution or real energy security it does not give jobs, silicosis in worker's lung Google list of harms in Pensylvania, Queensland Australia Unnegligent government sanctions this Oil industry is not working in the interest of the people Jessica Ernst in Alberta, oil and gas industry scientist sues fracking company, Incarna and Canadian Government, they destroyed her land Concerned about how politicians handle this subject I no longer trust our government Cuadrilla have proved themselves inept, lying What do you do, when they are going to frack your willage? Subterraian geology cannot be legislated for, water, air pollutions, it is beyond belief that fracking is being sanctions, gas wells leak, lots of evidence of harm, learned about it as a regular person, 38 degees, everybody has to take initiative, Milestone for carbon emmissions has been passed this year. This could cause the levels to doubble. ------------------------------------ EARTH QUAKES http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/us-science-fracking-earthquakes-idUSBRE96A0TZ20130711 DOCUMENTATION http://my-pages.net/alerteschiste/documentations.php?language=en ------------------------------------ Ian Crane - not on BBC http://www.ukcolumn.org/article/ian-crane-uks-fracking-nightmare Transcript: easy to raise taxes with hydro carbon driven economy seismic events in blackpool area depleted uranium for perforation, kickstart the fracking process property prices collapsed in blackpool and balcombe, buyers pull out, affects existing mortgages, plus butterfly effect; the upper middle classes with access to cash will move away, this puts pressure on the property market surrounding areas pressing prices up, ------------------------------------ CO-OP tour http://ukcec.org/
CO-OP AGAINST FRACKING http://www.co-operative.coop/join-the-revolution/our-blog/clean-energy-revolution/join-us-for-community-energy-fortnight/ WATER - THE ENGINEER.CO.UK http://processengineering.theengineer.co.uk/does-hydrofracking-contaminate-water/1016610.article
WATER - SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-fracking-wastewater-wells-poisoning-ground-beneath-our-feeth
WATER - SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM 2 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=groundwater-contamination-may-end-the-gas-fracking-boom ANIMALS http://livinggreenmag.com/2012/12/17/energy-ecology/livestock-falling-ill-in-fracking-regions-raising-concerns-about- food/#IpgXvlQW8clK0hkm.99 NATIONAL TRUST http://ntpressoffice.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/national-trust-and-fracking/ GLOBAL WARMING http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929292.000-fracking-could-accelerate-global-warming.html#.Ugd_MJK1Gm0 TIMELAPSE SHOWING THE SETTING UP OF A RIG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1WV9RI2esE LABOUR PARTY http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/community/your-say/letters-to-the-editor/letter-what-the-labour-party-thinks-of-fracking-1-5447525 THE GUARDIAN ABOUT CAMERON ON FRACKING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water ARGUMENTS http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/10-signs-the-fracking-industry-faces-big-trouble/article23235.html THE PROBLEMS WITH PERPETUAL ENERGY SOURCES http://deepgreenresistancenewyork.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/sustainability-is-destroying-the-earth/ Sally Singer Check out Anthony talk he will explain the 4 technical points that are different in Fracking since 1998 and also check out the Halliburton loophole...maybe someone outh to send Cameron a copy and he will understand why there have been no reports of damage and toxicity - gas and oil industry were made exempt from making such reports FORMER OIL VP http://truth-out.org/news/item/17605-former-mobil-vp-warns-of-fracking-and-climate-change GREEN PEACE http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/3-reasons-why-we-could-all-be-fracked-fracking-20130812 METHANE AIR POLLUTION http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/grl.50811/abstract BANKER ABOUT FRACKING http://liberalconspiracy.org/2013/08/12/banker-destroys-argument-for-shale-gas-in-a-short-letter/ DAVID LETTERMAN http://youtu.be/XGEc8KBKO8I ARGUMENTS AGAINST FRACKING http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/why-im-against-fracking LIST OF HARMED http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/ NEW ENERGY IN ABUNDANCE http://wakeup-world.com/2012/07/03/german-town-produces-321-more-energy-than-it-needs/ OVER EXPLOITED UNCONVENTIONAL GAS FIELD IN CHINA If you want to see what an over-exploited Unconventional Gas Field looks like in China ... paste the following co-ordinates into Google Earth: 46°19'1.81"N 124°50'53.32"E CRAIG BENNETT http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/opinion/2287729/the-top-five-reasons-why-drilling-for-shale-gas-is-fracking-stupid ANIMALS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPM4x_KNT2s EARTH QUAKES http://www.alternet.org/environment/fracking-swanage-companies-sued-causing-earthquakes SURPRESSION OF DANGERS http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/govt-energy-industry-accused-of-suppressing-fracking-dangers/ THE GOVERNMENT KNEW http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10610762.Secret_emails_reveal_the_risk_to_water_in_Sussex_from_fracking_was_known_by_officials/ WOMEN TALK IN BALCOMBE http://youtu.be/qHhz3sWfmeU FIRST THE NATIONAL TRUST AND NOW THE RSPB http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23730308 IAN CRANE ON RADIO http://youtu.be/mHNKwc9T7WA WATER ‘Fracking threatens fresh water, risks ending of life on earth as we know it’ http://rt.com/op-edge/fracking-swanage-shale-gas-life-417/ WIND FARMS IDLE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388417/Wind-farms-paid-30-million-year-stand-idle-grid-cope-energy- produce.html#ixzz2iwx9yNfi BP http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/bp-widespread-human-health-crisis-2013102717831227732.html UK FRACKERS LIE http://www.occupy.com/article/exposed-uk-frackers-replicate-us-fracking-industrys-lies-and-misinformation TEXAS RUNS OUT OF WATER http://www.popularresistance.org/frackers-guzzle-water-as-texas-goes-thirsty/ RISK TO LIVESTOCK http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fracking-swanage-sparks-food-safety-concern-as-expert-warns-of-serious-risk-to-livestock- 8822746.html UK GOVERNMENT SAY LOW RISK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/shale-gas-extraction-emissions-are-a-low-risk-to-public-health Losing ground: inside the massive sinkhole that won't stop growing http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5046124/detours-new-orleans-sink-holes-bayou-corne BBC Fracking "not a health risk" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24761980 Judge defeats challenge to ‘medical gag order’ on health risks from fracking http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/judge-defeats-challenge-to-medical-gag-order-on-health-risks-from-fracking/ Fracking Documentary http://youtu.be/w_Cu6Y4LWYM UK Royal Society http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/shale-gas-extraction/report/ Report from Science Daily, Michigan http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905101720.htm MEDIA INITIATIVE FROM FRACKERS http://www.media-stakeholder-relations-hydraulic-fracturing.com/8/information/4/other-events-you-may-be-interested-in/
------------------------------------ DEBATE IN THE GUARDIAN http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/where-do-these-fracking-protesters-think-energy-is-going-to-come-from-8746683.html Comments to the article: Dart Energy (which Tory donor Ian Taylor's Vitol holds a 16% share of) have had their production license suspended by SEPA on their Solway field because of methane leaks around the well heads. Currently SEPA are also checking for possible contamination of the local water table by 'fracking' liquids. Fracking works in the North Sea because the pressure of water at the well heads is often greater than the pressure of the gas being produced and definitely of the pressure of any small gas leaks at the well head. Under sea it is in effect self sealing. The process also does not involve local aquifers or water tables. On fracking on land in the US has routinely been shown to cause major environmental problems through both leakage of fracking solutions in the water table and contamination of the water table with methane. The extent of the problem is highlighted in today's news that a US family have been paid $750,000 to stop their kids telling every one about the 'smell'. The problem with the argument that Coal Bed Methane extraction does not cause 'earthquakes' ignores the complex geology associated with UK coal fields based, as they are, on a number of faults in the Earth's crust. This complex faulting was a major reason why UK pits became expensive and dangerous to run. If you lubricate two surfaces already under tension the probability is they will slip to release said tension, it is after all why earthquakes happen as the tension exceeds the friction as one tectonic plate drives over or under the other. All in all if this Government had the slightest clue about what it is doing rather than simply pandering to its capitalist lusts it would be investing in renewables, especially solar panels in the SE which has the UK's highest number of sunshine hours per year. The German's are currently turning their car parks in giant solar stations. The problem with tidal stream or barrage, hydro and onshore/ offshore wind is to develop its true UK potential would mean investing in Wales and Scotland. There are no significant Tory votes in either Wales or Scotland but in Sussex the Tories and Libdems run the council and so Caudrilla part of the Gideot's father-in law's share portfollio would get an easy peasy run for planning permission for fracking .... you get what you vote for. Peter Ah, always good to see the traditional 'patronise the opposition into silence' approach to stifling debate deployed, as Lawson has done here. Even the title of the piece is condescending. I can't speak for everyone, of course, but I should think the protestors would like to see the money invested in renewable, sustainable energy, rather than the tax payer paying for this now (whilst the fracking companies simultaneously receive large tax breaks, to ensure the least benefit to our economy and the most to shareholders as is the Tory way) then having to pay again to get the renewable energy infrastructure in place, as is inevitable in the not too distant future. But of course if we're not dependent on fossil fuels, and energy prices drop down to an acceptable level, a lot people don't stand to remain extremely rich. There must be decades worth of toxic gas escaping your fathers backside. Your first argument seems to be that there is no actual fracking in Balcombe and therefore the protest is pointless. Except that it's created a national debate, is dividing interests everywhere, and highlighting to other sites what can be achieved. I think the protest is working! Next there is a very large section essentially telling us that two wrongs makes a right. Great stuff there. Oh but you "know a bit about this", so ok then...
This superior knowledge is then highlighted by your statement that oil and gas "incidentally produce much less Co2 than coal per unit of energy produced". Well lah dee dah. Way to point out the most obvious school level knowledge. Oh and that's a capital 'O' for Oxygen. Every one of those protesters knows this and they also know that gas produces too much CO2. Less is not enough! That's been written into law through the Climate Change Act. Your next argument seems to be that you're not allowed to protest against fracking if you're commuting there in a non-carbon neutral mode of transport. Wow! Do you really need an answer to your title? That's school level knowledge once again. I am sure this is the same Dominic Lawson who wrote so eloquently about the destruction of the countryside from those generators of renewable energy, windmills. As someone who lives opposite a wind farm in Lancashire, which is probably on top of a shale gas source, I know which I prefer. As an aside can Mr Lawson please remind me who funds his father's anti man made global warning pressure group? (a strange genetic transfer of opinion!) Are these people also funding the Frackers, if so I think the Independent should point out the conflict of interest angle at the top of these articles. The frackers don't need funding. It will more than pay for itself if they are ever allowed to get on with it. Unlike your cherished windmills, that only exist because of vast subsidies paid by adding 10% hidden taxes on to everybody's electricity and gas bill. Then why oh why are we giving them tax breaks, is it because they are donating money to the Tories? Clearly you have not heard about the man made climate change caused by CO2 (supported by the vast majority of climate scientists) otherwise you wouldn't make the rather pointless comments about windmills and other renewable energy sources. Your good friend Dominic like his Father Nigel doesn't believe it either but they are not scientists and have money to gain from their "beliefs" I think you miss the point that many of the protestors want alternative energy sources, not just fracking up north or not in Sussex. Genuine protest about HOW we get energy is not NIMBYism. Gerald, are you seriously suggesting we keep 62 million people on a small island in the dead of winter running on power transported by wires from solar panels in Spain and the Sahara? Because the sun ain't nowhere near strong enough here to power us all, even in summer. Have you any idea of the power loss over such a long distance? Obviously not. Your idea is utterly impractical. I can't speak for all of the protesters, any more than you speak for me, but some of us have thought deeply about the problem of energy supply, and would much rather see a mixture of distributed renewable energy sources, combined with some of the new energy storage technologies. This combined with measures to improve efficiency and reduce waste would allow us to keep the lights on. In addition, these measures would increase resilience to energy price shocks, create many local jobs which cannot be off-shored, and if done sensibly using local investment, would generate taxes to be paid into the UK treasury. Destroying yet more of our countryside, for (almost tax exempt) foreign businesses with the potential to wreck the water table for centuries to come (yes, look at the 1-7% failure rates per year for well sealing - after 100 years they are almost all leaking) for just a few more polluting years of putting off the inevitable move to renewables will not be looked upon favourably by our children who will have to inherit the mess of a country we seem determined to leave them. Let's be clear here: “a total area of just two square kilometres” - that means, from the article above, one hundred separate fracking sites. All of these will need the gas to be collected, so either tankers and hence roads to each one, or pipework between them. All of these will need the fracking fluid to be delivered to them and residual liquids collected. Again, either tankers and hence roads, or pipework with the potential for spills and leaks. Cuadrilla's CEO is very careful to say “a total area of just two square kilometres” and not explain over how much of the countryside these one hundred fracking sites will sprawl. Renewable energy destroys jobs, it doesn't create them. The wind farm 'industry' costs £100,000 in subsidies every year for each job in it. Those subsidies have to be paid for by taxing the truly profitable parts of the economy. Those taxes destroy 2-3 jobs elsewhere. The only people who think that the renewables 'industry' creates jobs are those who must think the money for subsidies appears from nowhere. Unfortunately that appears to be a large proportion of the population. By that argument we should shut down nuclear even faster as the subsidy for that runs into millions of pounds per job. And we still haven't worked out what to do with all the nuclear waste piling up. ...and as for money appearing from nowhere... perhaps you should go and look up how money in our economy is actually created. We have given a monopoly to the banks to create money from thin air and then charge interest on it. No wonder they always seem to be winning. Perhaps we could re-think our monetary system to create a type of money that does good to our country rather than destroying it? Must not associate the Conservatives talking about Fracking rather than importing gas; and the Conservatives who closed the British coal industry on the grounds we should be importing gas. The Tories closed down the UK mining industry replacing it with the 'dash for gas', a market driven solution. In doing so we replaced an indigenous supply (3-400 years worth) with reliance on foreign sources. The rush to fracking smacks of similar short-termism. The energy companies were quick to stress that UK energy prices would not come down. I fail to see why the lower Co2 content of oil and gas is stressed by Dominic, he doesn't accept global warming as an issue anyway. The maintenance of the UK's energy supply is a long term economic and strategic concern. Long term strategic thinking is something our political class is incapable of doing. The 'market' doesn't even understand the concept. Also by closing down the coal industry they closed down the world's leading research institutes on carbon capture. Burning coal cleanly would have been one of the most effective of reducing CO2 emissions and the technology would have been worth billions in exports. We must keep our coal fired power plants running, not close a third of them by 2016, as this silly coalition is planning to do. Wind power is next to useless - we can't run the UK on wind turbines. The government's energy policy is insane, and must be changed ASAP. Firing the idiot Davey would be a good start. Burning coal is insane. It is verifiably the cause of "severe" health problems, and there is no workable technology for cleaning it up. Let's not forget why we've agreed to phase it out as quickly as possible. China and India together are building hundreds of new coal plants every year. A handful in the UK will make virtually no difference to the global emissions total, so to close them down is stupid, especially as we haven't got anything to replace them with yet. Dominic Lawson makes a plausible case for gas extraction from Balcombe unfortunately it's based on a false premise. This exploratory well may well determine that fracking is the best way to extract the gas. If they make that determination, then this entire pleasant meander through Britain's safe and pleasant landscape, is redundant and an altogether harsher reality of the very real possibility of spikes from the fractures reaching further than the 800 feet safety distance between the drilling the aquifer, arises. There is a statistical certainty that for every 20 wells sunk one will lose cement integrity of its casing and leak. There are very real and very profound risks for Balcombe and the nearby reservoir which provides water to a lot more people in the South of England, than just Balcombe. Soothing tomes from politicians, history teaches us should be met with a great deal of scepticism. 80% of the residents voted against this development, for reasons that are perfectly sound given the experiences of people in places like Pennsylvania USA. What a lot of scare stories with no basis in fact. The report by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering found that fracking is extremely safe provided rigorous inspection and regulation are in place. Long fractures, polluted aquifers etc. are extremely unlikely. But you prefer to believe a load of scare stories in Greenpeace and FoE press releases. Who's anti-science now?
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