Yearly Archives: 2016
Urgent Public Meeting – Carrickfergus
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 7 (Sun 21st Feb)
Blockade of fracking company Infrastrata planned exploration drilling site the Woodburn Forest in County Antrim to the north of Carrickfergus continuing, with the community blocking the access to the site. Come down and support the blockade.
Community Fight InfraStrata Fracking Plans In Northern Ireland
ALERT!! A letter from Strategic Planning states that Infrastrata can not remove trees or hedges between 1st March & 31st August. Come to site every morning. Let’s stop this together!!! From Monday 22nd Feb 2016 – Site Blockade @ BT38 9AH, Paisley Road near Woodburn Reservoir, Carrickfergus, County Antrim InfraStrata plans to commence drilling beside […]
Fracking is a climate nightmare – Not a ‘transition fuel’.
Fugitive emission of methane, a potent greenhouse gas leaking out of gas wells, pipelines and compressor stations, may total over 10 percent of production making fracking worse than burning coal in terms of climate change, over a 20 year time scale Latest coverage here: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/17/us-likely-culprit-of-global-spike-in-methane-emissions-over-last-decade An organised community is THE best defence against the Fracking industry. […]
Woodburn Forest Day 5 (Fri 19th Feb)
Blockade of fracking company Infrastrata planned exploration drilling site the Woodburn Forest in County Antrim to the north of Carrickfergus continuing, with the community blocking the access to the site. Come down and support the blockade.
Each and every fracking well produces millions of gallons of waste… it’s all toxic.
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 research: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X15300375 Read more about fracking waste here: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#waste Read more about the stages of fracking here… […]
Five Sites Already Earmarked For Fracking Waste In The UK!!!
Vast quantities of toxic and radioactive waste are produced by fracking. In the U.S. hundreds of billions of gallons of liquid waste is overwhelming the limited capacity of treatment plants which cannot remove all the contaminants. Hundreds of thousands of injection wells are being used to force waste underground causing swarms of earthquakes. Combined with […]
Woodburn Forest Day 4 (Thurs 18th Feb)
Blockade of fracking company Infrastrata planned exploration drilling site the Woodburn Forest in County Antrim to the north of Carrickfergus continuing, with the community blocking the access to the site. Come down and support the blockade.