Yearly Archives: 2016
5 Key Areas Are At Risk From Fracking Sand Mining In The UK
The fracking industry requires massive volumes of fine sand (silica) that is injected into shale wells along with water and chemical. The sand holds pathways in the shale rock open so that gas can be extracted. In the US sand mining, transportation and handling has caused significant impacts for communities and workers. When silica becomes […]
An Organised Community Is THE Best Defence Against The Fracking Industry
We love street stalls and so do Frack Free York! A stall is a really efficient way of reaching a lot of people and making your presence known. Join Frack Free York on any of the dates below to publicise their demo later this month, collect signatures and inform people about fracking. Frack Free York […]
Residents In Halsall & Formby Oppose Seismic Survey Work
If your area is licensed for fracking the likely next step is a seismic survey. Aurora Energy Resources are trying to carry out 3D seismic surveying. Landowners have already been bullied into allowing these test to take place on their land, as refusing access would result in high court action, sanctioned by the Secretary of […]
The fracking industry requires thousands of wells to survive. Each one a toxic nightmare.
New data from the National Pollution Inventory has exposed the increasingly large quantities of toxic compounds the coal seam gas industry is pumping into the atmosphere, as production ramps up around Australia. Media Coverage: https://newmatilda.com/2016/04/19/coal-seam-gas-toxic-emissions-climb-production-ramps/ An organised community is THE best defence against the Fracking industry. Get our step-by-step guides and start planning an effective Anti-Fracking campaign where […]
Halsall Against Fracking – Seismic Survey Ramble Tomorrow!!!
Join Halsall Against Fracking on Sunday 10th July 10.30 am at the Saracen’s Head bridge. They will be walking to Lydiate along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal which runs alongside the edge of Aurora’s seismic survey area. All welcome; adults, children, dogs, ducks……… Event Details: https://www.facebook.com/Seismic-Survey-PEDL-164-1741233502812427 This is our second “protest” right along the edge of the […]
Ineos Fracking Plans Threaten The Whole Of The UK – Cheshire Basin!!!
The first new Fracking Licences since 2008 have been quietly issued to fracking wannabes Ineos. 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. They let slip […]
Legal Observer Training Day In Yorkshire – Be Part Of The “Infrastructure Of Resistance”
The East Riding of Yorkshire has become the front-line in the campaign against on-shore gas exploration and extraction. Government guidelines issued to the Police are aimed at preventing lawful and peaceful protest, but it is our right to be able to protest against plans to turn the East Riding of Yorkshire, our back yard, into […]
Ineos Fracking Plans Threaten The Whole Of The UK – East Midlands Basin!!!
The first new Fracking Licences since 2008 have been quietly issued to fracking wannabes Ineos. 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. They let slip […]