Monthly Archives: June 2016
U.S. States Struggle To Deal With Radioactive Fracking Waste
The rise of hydraulic fracturing over the past decade has created a boom, but not the one you think. Tons of radioactive materials experts call an “orphan” waste stream. No federal agency fully regulates these oil and gas drilling by products — which include brine, sludge, rock and soiled equipment — leaving tracking and handling […]
IGas More Delays for Fracking Plans in Nottinghamshire
IGas’s plan to explore for shale gas at a site at Misson in north Nottinghamshire now looks unlikely to be decided next month. Councillors had been expected to decide by the end of July on the application for two exploratory boreholes at a former Cold War missile site off Springs Road. But Nottinghamshire County Council […]
Volatile Organic Compounds Found “In The Bodies Of People” Who Live and Work Fracking Areas
Environmental health groups and community members from Pavillion, Wyoming released the first study of its kind linking chemicals released from gas and oil production sites to those in bodies of residents living near the wells. This report is the first to track air pollutants from the gas wells in the residents themselves. Scientists focused on […]
Ineos – Ethically Bankrupt “A Corporate Agenda That Will Damage Children’s Health”
Not content with importing shale gas at great cost to U.S communities, Swiss-based petrochemical group Ineos now has the exclusive right to explore for hydrocarbons across 1 million acres of the East Midlands, Cheshire, Scotland & Yorkshire. Ineos are committed to conducting 700 sq km of invasive seismic surveys and drilling 20 test wells. If […]
Linc Energy UCG Test – A Fraudulent Attempt At Getting Investors Cash?
Linc Energy is accused of polluting up to 320 square kilometres of prime agricultural land with toxic and explosive gases after. Cluff Natural Resources has similar plans in the UK. Five-Quarter Energy also holds licences but ceased trading last year. Read more about UCG in the UK here… “My impression of Linc was that they […]
Community Organising Gets the Goods – Investors Pull Out at Woodburn Forest!
NEWSFLASH FROM STOP THE DRILL: We are now learning that a number of investors pulled out of drilling at Woodburn Forest! It is becoming clear that this is a massive victory for the Stop The Drill Campaign, local residents and all who objected to drilling in Woodburn. The drill left Woodburn Forest today and we […]
Anti-Fracking Street Stalls – Inform Your Community This Weekend?
What are you doing this weekend? Why not run an anti-fracking information stall like these folk did in Glasgow: “What a day, well it started last night as we sat on the sofa wondering who opened the butterfly sanctuary in our stomachs. We got to George Square & set up, not knowing what to expect, […]
Fracking Company Cuadrilla Resources Use The Law To Bully Opposition
Fracking companies are increasingly turning to the law if they manage to identify named individuals (and their lawyers can pull a case together). This bullying tactic has been used by Cuadrilla to try and silence and stifle opposition to fracking in Lancashire. But singling out a single resident when thousands more oppose their fracking plans […]