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Cuadrilla boss and government employee Lord John Browne has yet again met senior government officials to press the case for Cuadrilla Resources, recent documents show. Browne has repeatedly used his position within the Cabinet Office to press for advantages for the UK’s notorious fracker; most recently (so far as we know) pressing the case with […]
August 26, 2013
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Geophysics Emeritus professor: Cuadrilla knowledge “inadequate for purpose required”
An Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at Glasgow university recently criticised Cuadrilla’s operations at Balcombe, stating that the company’s knowledge is “inadequate for purpose required”. The company’s drilling plans are also based on “insecure” geological interpretations, ignore relevant underground faults and may risk contaminating ground water. Professor David Smthye went on: “The interpretation of the geological […]
Cash crisis for Scots driller as community resistance grows
Scotland driller Dart Energy is in the throes of a major cash crisis, an Australian stock exchange announcement today reveals. Large-scale community resistance has prevented the driller from obtaining planning permission at Airth; led by the Forth valley Against Unconventional Gas group (FAUG). Dart is now perilously close to running out of money. Dart has […]
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Knitting Nannas take on the unconventional gas industry
Love your Nannas? The Knitting Nannas against Gas have emerged as a brilliantly creative force against the unconventional gas industry. Now with their very own UK Chapter (based in Balcombe), Australian Nannas make their voices heard by knitting gracefully outside protest sites, at court appearances of those arrested – even at the offices of local […]
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Cuadrilla boss in new lobbying scandal
It recently emerged that the man who runs fracking company Cuadrilla and who also works in government – Lord John Browne – lobbied Dept of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) chiefs four times in eight months last year. A Freedom of […]
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Nigel Lawson deception: fracking contaminated water at 120 sites in Pennyslyania
Fracking apologist Nigel Lawson recently made some rash claims on BBC’s Radio 4’s Any Questions. Lawson claimed “there is not a single authenticated case of fracking causing water contamination in the US.” When opponents claimed that US wells had leaked gas and chemicals into groundwater, Lawson invited his opponents to “name them”. So we thought […]
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Fracking pollutes groundwater: damning new data
A little-known US government database shows conclusively that fracking forces gas and chemicals into sources of groundwater. This directly contradicts senior British ministers, US government officials and the fracking industry who have repeatedly denied links between fracking and contaminated water supplies. […]
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Dart Energy pulls out of China for US$12m loss
Scottish Driller Dart Energy today announced the company is pulling out of operations in China – for a US$12m loss. The company is selling its stake in Fortune Oil Plc (FLG), which has extensive Coal Bed Methane (CBM) operations in China. In 2009 the company bought 35% of FLG for US$19,730,000 (see Dart’s Financial Accounts […]
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