Author Archives: radix

Upton Day 31 (Mon 5th May)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by radix

A camp has been setup by the local community on the site where Dart want to construct a pad. See below for more photos.

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Daneshill Day 34 (Tues 29th Apr)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by radix

Drilling rig is being packed down before moving to threaten another community. On going community blockade and camp outside the site. Today the main part of the drilling rig was taken off the site with a massive police escort. See below for more photos.

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Daneshill Day 33 (Mon 28th Apr)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by radix

Drilling rig is being packed down before moving to threaten another community. On going community blockade and camp outside the site. Today there is a lock-on at the gate stopping Dart taking equipment off the site. See below for more photos.

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Daneshill Day 32 (Sun 27th Apr)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by radix

Drilling rig is being packed down before moving to threaten another community. On going community blockade and camp outside the site. See below for more photos.

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Seismic Surveys: The Fracking Spearhead

Posted on April 27, 2014 by radix
  • Frackers planning new seismic surveys
  • IGas survey done already in East Midlands
  • Now plans for survey at Glazebury, Warrington
  • Aurora planning survey near Formby in May
  • Survey data used to facilitate future fracking
  • Survey process itself can be highly intrusive
  • Impacts from noise to structural damage
  • Involves coating area in cables, geophones etc.
  • Explosives often used to create sound waves
  • Companies trespass on gardens and fields
  • Surveys have spawned global resistance
  • From tearing up cables to blocking roads
  • Informed, organised communities crucial

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Frackers Close To Getting Their Hands On 60% Of UK

Posted on April 27, 2014 by radix
  • Government pushing new licensing round
  • Give away of 60% of UK to fracking companies
  • Justified by strategic environmental assessment
  • Report written by fracking consultants, AMEC
  • Public consultation on report ends 28th March
  • New fracking give away could begin soon after
  • Report ignores massive scale and intensity
  • Focuses just on shale gas, ignores CBM threat
  • Completely ignores a large number of impacts
  • Assumes someone else will deal with issues
  • Ignores evidence from US, Canada & Australia
  • Assumes things will somehow be different here
  • Overlooks the radically new nature of fracking

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Daneshill Day 31 (Sat 26th Apr)

Posted on April 26, 2014 by radix

Drilling rig is being packed down before moving to threaten another community. On going community blockade and camp outside the site. Today was a family fun day at the site. See below for more photos.

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Upton Day 15 (Sat 19th Apr)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by radix

A camp has been setup by the local community on the site where Dart want to construct a pad. See below for more photos.

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