Yearly Archives: 2016
Effective action is increasing costs for South East fracking project
Delay, increase costs, scare investors! Coverage of today’s direct action: http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Absolute-chaos-police-shut-Horse-Hill-near-Horley/story-28905980-detail/story.html The site is on land off Horse Hill, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey to the north of Gatwick Airport. A vertical exploration well was drilled in October 2014, which passed through a number of shale formations despite being billed as a conventional well. It was subsequently […]
Rely on regulation? No Thanks. An organised community is the best defence against the fracking industry
Press release from Frack Free East Yorkshire: A Health & Safety Investigation has revealed that the rig used at Rathlin Energy’s well site in Holderness was operating without a valid certificate of conformity The rig is owned by infamous fracking company Cuadrilla Resources and was used to frack Preese Hall well near Blackpool, causing the 2011 earthquakes […]
Fracking Stages, Fracking Impacts & Underground Coal Gasification Infographics
Fracking in the UK is currently a speculative activity. The companies involved aim to gather enough data and make enough progress, then sell out to a much bigger company that has the money to drill thousands of wells needed for full scale production. Communities across the UK can see the devastation caused by the industry […]
Woodburn Forest Blockade Continues! Live in the region? Get over there!
InfraStrata plans 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 drilling in the forest, […]
Woodburn Forest Day 21 (Sun 6th Mar)
Some photos from ‘Walk in the Wood’ at the Woodburn Forest blockade. A very enjoyable and fun day for all in the forest! Fracking company Infrastrata are trying to construct an exploratary drill site in the Woodburn Forest.
Millions of gallons of toxic waste per fracking well – all moved by road
The quantities of toxic and radioactive waste being produced by fracking, are overwhelming the limited capacity of treatment plants, which cannot remove all contaminants in any case, and combined with spilling and dumping is contaminating land, waterways and groundwater Latest spill coverage: http://www.observer-reporter.com/20160303/tanker_carrying_frack_water_crashes_in_amwell More studies linking fracking to animal health impacts/harm to agriculture: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#agriculture NOW […]
Pennsylvania Communities Invaded: Armed Guards For Fracking Pipeline
Fracking pipeline construction has started in Pennsylvania. Guarded by heavily armed U.S. federal marshals, crews begin felling trees on land seized from local people. The Constitution Pipeline is planned to stretch 124 miles across the Pennsylvania-New York border carrying gas from the Marcellus Shale. For more information on the month-long stand-off with the community that […]
Underground Coal Gasification Collapse Shows Fragility Of Fracking
- Newcastle based UCG company collapses
- Despite £1 billion in loan guarantees
- Could not find backers after 8 years
- Big victory for communities UK-wide
- Made UCG brand as toxic as its reality
- Rebrand as “deep gas winning” failed
- Licences will be picked up by others
- But sets precedent, industry can be beaten
- Shows fragility of fracking industry
- Shale industry in US also in chaos
- Fracking can be starved of investment
- Community resistance key to success