Monthly Archives: February 2012
Cuadrilla sent back to the drawing board
After admitting causing earthquakes last year, UK fracker Cuadrilla’s plans were dealt a blow last week as the company was told to conduct more seismic testing. The company estimates this will cost an extra £1.5m. Since a test frack caused an earthquake in 2011, the UK government has been liaising with the US-led fracker about […]
Fracken Sie Deutsch?
Video 1 – ARD Munich Report – Cancer clusters around RWE Frack sites (English Sub) Whilst shale gas exploration is a relatively new phenomena in the UK, it seems that the oil and gas industry has been busy fracking up Europe for some time. I saw a link to the film below only last week […]
Climate Rush Bristol Launch!
Join us – stir your climate passion, discover your local battlegrounds and form a community willing to stand up to an oil-run world. The climate change movement needs your inspiration. We need to create smart, gorgeous and radical ideas, we need to push things faster, we need to choose our climate change battles and we need […]
Fracking regulations under scrutiny by UK government
On 4 Feb The Times revealed that the UK government is conducting a review of the regulations surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing. In contrast to earlier ministerial assurances that fracking requires no extra regulation, the government, Environment Agency and Health and Safety Executive are examining risks of water contamination and other issues associated with Hydraulic Fracturing. Tony […]