Monthly Archives: April 2016
Know your rights & gain confidence @ this workshop!
This gentle introduction will help you take action safely and effectively. The session is free, and being run by trainers from Rising Tide and Green and Black Cross Legal. Please bring your own lunch and a donation towards room hire if you’re able to make one. Everyone is welcome, particularly those who have health concerns […]
Ban follows contamination of 30,000 hectares of farmland
Underground coal gasification (UCG) will be banned in Queensland due to its environmental impact, Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham says. UCG is the process of burning coal underground to produce synthetic gas: https://frack-off.org.uk/extreme-energies/underground-coal-gasification/ Key points: Mines Minister to introduce UCG ban legislation to State Parliament by end of year Potential risks to environment, agricultural industries […]
Woodburn Forest Blockade Continues! Live in the region? Get over there!
Oil and Gas company InfraStrata plan to commence drilling beside a major Belfast water reservoir (North Woodburn Reservoir) with no Waste Management Plan in place. A movement of people is growing, reclaiming the forest and reclaiming their right to safe and clean drinking water. “Infrastrata have absolutely no social license to carry out their deep […]
Underground Coal Gasification test ‘wilfully caused environmental harm’
LEGAL action against embattled underground coal gasification company Linc Energy has been indefinitely delayed after the company announced it had gone into voluntary administration. It follows the decision by a Queensland court in March to commit Linc Energy to go to trial over allegations a leak at one of its plants caused serious environmental harm. […]
5.3 billion pounds of methane released by fracking industry in a single year
In a single year, fracking wells across the country released at least 5.3 billion pounds of the potent greenhouse gas methane, as much global warming pollution as 22 coal-fired power plants. The statistic is one of many in a new study by Environment America Research & Policy Center that quantifies the environmental harm caused by more 137,000 fracking […]
Live in Belfast? Get involved in the fight against fracking today!
This meeting followed confirmation from InfraStrata that they were responsible for an oil spill at Woodburn Forest last week. InfraStrata had previously made the claim that the site will be a “zero discharge site’ . This spill was confirmed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. This spill comes in the first month of a 50 year […]
Permits granted – but planning permission still required. Live in the region? Join the fightback today!
The Environment Agency announced this afternoon it has granted permits to Third Energy to allow it to frack for shale gas at the KM8 well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire. Three permits cover: Mining waste Discharges into groundwater Radioactive substances The company still needs planning permission for the operation. The anti-fracking movement is strong […]
Companies provide bottled water when they destroy water sources. What happens when you can’t breathe the air?
Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Texas have all recorded massively increased air pollution as a result of fracking, including local concentrations of toxic hydrocarbons fumes as well as region-wide ozone pollution, with residents suffering headaches, sore throats, nosebleeds, dizziness and breathing difficulties Fracking has led to giant compressor stations, drilling rigs and huge flares in […]