Yearly Archives: 2016
MYTH BUSTING! 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 3,500 new fracking wells each and every year FOREVER to meet demand. See average shale gas […]
North Yorkshire Fracking Showdown Day 1: Continues On Mon
Communities from across North Yorkshire and beyond gathered today outside the County Hall in Northallerton to make it clear that they will not be fracked. North Yorkshire Council is considering (today and Monday) a planning application from fracking company Third Energy to frack a well on a site at Kirby Misperton in Ryedale. These plans […]
Fracking chemicals linked to asthma, reduced lung and pulmonary function and increased susceptibility to infection
The study, Hazards of UOG Emissions on Children’s and Infants’ Respiratory Health, was published today in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. The the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that there are nearly 700 chemicals used in the fracking process. Fracking fluids can contain a toxic slew of hazardous chemicals that can affect human health and the environment, but oil and gas companies […]
Fight The Fracking Threat in Kirby Misperton, Tomorrow!!!
Tomorrow North Yorkshire Council will decide whether fracking should go ahead in Ryedale. Join the community outside North Yorkshire County Council, Northallerton for a day of community-led activities standing with people in Ryedale and North Yorkshire against fracking. The rally is part of a weekend of action celebrating 5 years of no fracking in Britain, […]
U.S. fracking industry bankruptcy nears size of tech bust of early 2000s
The rout in crude prices is snowballing into one of the biggest avalanches in the history of corporate America, with 59 oil and gas companies now bankrupt after this week’s filings for creditor protection by Midstates Petroleum and Ultra Petroleum. The number of U.S. energy bankruptcies is closing in on the staggering 68 filings seen […]
Cheshire Towns In New INEOS Fracking Area
Towns & Villages in the licence area: Sutton Weaver, Dutton, Frodisham, Acton Bridge, Kingsley, Crowton, Norley, Manley Common, Manley, Mouldsworth, Antrobus, Lower Whitley, Great Bedworth, Comberbach, Pickmere, Little Leigh, Marston, Wincham, Lostock Gralam, Weaverham, Northwick, Rudheath, Hartford, Cuddington, Sandiway, Davenham, Ashton, Delamere, Kelsall, Little Bedworth, Cotebrook, Utkinton, Duddon, Rushton, Burton, Clotton Eaton, Tarporley, Huxley, Brassey […]
Cheshire Towns In New INEOS Fracking Area
Towns & Villages in the licence area: Warburton, Timperley, Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Hale, Bowdon, Little Billington, Broomedge Hale Barns, Ashley, High Leigh, Hoo Green, Mere, Over Tabley, Mobberley, Tabley, Knutsford, Ollerton, Marhall, Plumley, Lower Peover, Over Peover, Boots Green, Lach Dennis, Allostock, Blacken Heath, Blacken, Goostrey. Do Your Live Here? In the terms of these […]
Bus to KM8 Demo from Lancashire – Book Now!!!
The Frack Free Lancashire Bus will be travelling to North Yorks County Council Offices in Northallerton on 20th May 2016 to show support for the Yorkshire groups who are opposing the development of the KM8 well in Ryedale. If Councillors grant permission it would give Third Energy the opportunity to carry out the first fracking […]