Yearly Archives: 2016
Despite Eviction! All aboard the Solidarity Train! Upton – THIS SATURDAY!
Community resistance is beating the fracking industry in the UK and solidarity between threatened communities is a vital part of the anti-fracking movement’s success. Join residents from threatened communities across the UK on Jan 16 (this Sat) for a demo, amazing hot vegan food from legendary catering company Veggies, meet and greet with Upton locals, tour […]
Upton Day 648 (Tues 12th Jan) Camp Eviction
See below for more photos Eviction attempt underway since this morning! Get down to the camp if you can. Both ends of Duttons Lane have been closed by the police (potential access across fields). Large numbers of police and baliffs, but people are still occupying the site and need support. The camp is using a […]
Industry’s `flagship` fracking sites inundated in recent flooding
From Frack Free Lancashire Press Release: Frack Free Lancashire has grave concerns resulting from the recent unprecedented flooding across the north of England. These concerns are compounded by the threat of fracking in the Fylde. Scenes from across the north of the country have demonstrated the Environment Agency’s lack of capacity to manage waterways effectively […]
TOXIC LEGACY OF ‘ORPHANED` FRACKING WELLS YET ANOTHER WARNING FOR UK
Previous waves of drilling have already littered the world with millions of orphaned wells, abandoned by their original owners, with many spewing toxic pollutants into the environment, and massive clean up costs falling on taxpayers, a situation which fracking is making far worse Latest media coverage: http://www.wral.com/concern-mounts-over-idle-natural-gas-drilling-pads/15211181/ More on ‘orphaned wells’ here: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#orphans NOW IS THE TIME […]
The fight to protect The Forest of Dean from fracking is on!
Licences have been offered to fracking companies that cover a huge swath of the Forest of Dean. There is every opportunity to make these licences an incredibly unattractive prospect for the industry and the local authority. Visible, organised community opposition can kill the threat in the Forest of Dean. See the licenses here: https://frack-off.org.uk/extreme-energy-fullscreen/ The […]
New study reveals UK shale more toxic than shale in the U.S.
Arsenic and Selenium concentrations in shale formations in the Britain and Ireland are much higher than in the Barnett Shale in Texas where Arsenic and Selenium contamination of groundwater has already been linked to fracking. The mean concentrations of Arsenic and Selenium in the Bowland Shale are about 2.5 times higher than the Barnett Shale […]
Investment company with 30,000 acres of the North West is in bed with the fracking industry
Peel Holdings (officially now known as The Peel Group) are a private real estate, media, transport and infrastructure investment company who own over 30,000 acres of the North West of England. Within the anti-fracking movement, they are best known for being the land-owners of the Salford Barton Moss exploration site that saw months of blockading in […]
Animals on the land 24/7 are suffering first at the hands of #fracking industry
Fracking is threatening to compromise food supplies with animals and crops dying in Alberta, North Dakota, New Mexico, California and Pennsylvania as a result of exposure to chemicals from drilling operations. Cornell Study: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/03/reproductive-problems-death-animals-exposed-fracking 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 IS THE TIME TO GET ORGANISED! Find your Local […]