Yearly Archives: 2015
Fracking takes millions of gallons of clean water and poisons it FOREVER…
Fracking requires vast quantities of water, millions of gallons per well, which is stressing local water resources in areas like Texas, Colorado, Michigan and North Dakota, where farmers have been outbid for irrigation water and in some cases whole towns running dry… More on the fracking industry’s water usage here: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#water NOW IS THE TIME TO […]
Upton Day 581 (Fri 6th Nov)
IGas in court in Manchester trying to get a possession order so they can try to evict the camp in Upton. Large demonstration outside the court. IGas granted possession order which comes into effect on 4th Dec.
Community pressure does it again – EVERY DELAY IS A VICTORY!!!
Upton Community Protection Camp eviction delayed until at least 4th Dec!!! All hands on deck now to make the best use of this extra time. Do you live in the area? Can you spare a weekend day? Get down to camp and help with preparations! Camp address: DUTTONS LANE, OFF A41, CHESTER, CH2 2PE Contact […]
Council Receives First Planning Application For Fracking In Nottinghamshire
Fracking company IGas Energy Ltd have now submitted a planning application to Nottinghamshire County Council in preparation for attempts to extract shale gas from below the North Bassetlaw village of Misson. They plan to develop a wellsite and drill up to two exploratory shale gas wells (one vertically and one horizontally). See the site and […]
Oldest U.S. Shale gas & oil fields plateauing or in decline…
Fracking is not a pathway to UK energy security. An average shale gas well produces 1 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas, an average coal bed methane well (CBM) produces half of that. Divide that by UK gas consumption and you realise that we’d need to be drilling 8-10 new wells each and every day! […]
Stand with Upton, Chester! Defending region from fracking for over a year!
Upton Community Protection Camp has been on a site licensed to fracking companies Dart Energy and IGas for well over a year. It’s presence has defended the community from becoming a regional foothold for the industry. Now the camp faces eviction. Can you help make this attempted eviction as embarrassing and costly for the industry […]
Application For Permit To Expand Radioactive Waste Dump Site
The Kings Cliffe Landfill near Peterborough, operated by hazardous waste company Augean, is one of the few landfill sites in the UK presently allowed to accept low-level radioactive waste. The site has been mentioned as a likely destination for solid radioactive waste from fracking, if it is not stopped. The dumping of radioactive waste at […]
What will it take to destroy the fracking industry in the UK?
When communities threatened by fracking get organised to resist this invasion, they have a massive effect. Stopping any single well can be very difficult, especially with the whole weight of the state behind the fracking industry. However, in the long-term, massive investment will be required to make fracking a reality. Such investment will not be […]