Monthly Archives: July 2013
Cuadrilla boss in new lobbying scandal
It recently emerged that the man who runs fracking company Cuadrilla and who also works in government – Lord John Browne – lobbied Dept of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) chiefs four times in eight months last year. A Freedom of […]
Don`t Frack Our Future – Doreen`s Story
Unconventional gas exploration is threatening the UK. Licenses have already been granted by the Government with little or no community consultation. The scale of the industrialisation and impacts are never discussed. This film charts Doreen and John’s journey from the shock of the drill rigs arrival to the sickening realisation that their lives and the […]
Nigel Lawson deception: fracking contaminated water at 120 sites in Pennyslyania
Fracking apologist Nigel Lawson recently made some rash claims on BBC’s Radio 4’s Any Questions. Lawson claimed “there is not a single authenticated case of fracking causing water contamination in the US.” When opponents claimed that US wells had leaked gas and chemicals into groundwater, Lawson invited his opponents to “name them”. So we thought […]
Fracking pollutes groundwater: damning new data
A little-known US government database shows conclusively that fracking forces gas and chemicals into sources of groundwater. This directly contradicts senior British ministers, US government officials and the fracking industry who have repeatedly denied links between fracking and contaminated water supplies. […]
20 Impact of Unconventional Gas Technologies
These resources are designed to be used by anyone. 20 images have been selected to represent 20 inescapable impacts of each unconventional gas extraction technology. The images can be used in presentations, talks and workshops in digital format or can be printed out and used as stimulus material for discussion. Large format A3 versions of […]
Dart Energy pulls out of China for US$12m loss
Scottish Driller Dart Energy today announced the company is pulling out of operations in China – for a US$12m loss. The company is selling its stake in Fortune Oil Plc (FLG), which has extensive Coal Bed Methane (CBM) operations in China. In 2009 the company bought 35% of FLG for US$19,730,000 (see Dart’s Financial Accounts […]