Author Archives: Tessier Ashpool
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) let Australian gas driller self regulate!
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) are handling Australian gas drillers Dart Energy like a baby wombat when in fact they have more in common with a massively destructive fossil fuel industry. Dart Energy have run into problems at Fullerton Cove in New South Wales but have been pumping water and methane out of coal seams […]
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Tagged Airth, Dart Energy, Regulation?
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Newsletter October 2012
Frack Off Newsletter October 2012 In this Month’s Newsletter: Scotland – UK’s first unconventional production wells land in Airth – Object Lancashire – Cuadrilla resources renewal of planning application – UK’s second EVER frack – Object Somerset – Coalbed methane company UK Methane versus Frack Free Somerset Sussex – Celtique Energy plans for 3000 wells […]
Lancashire: Cuadrilla Creeping Consent
Cuadrilla executives haven’t worn their cute little helmets and blue jump suits for a while. Instead they are back at the planning office asking for permissions. This represents an unprecedented opportunity for local people, in fact everyone to get involved as the original permissions were granted with much less publicity. 50 local residents in Banks […]
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Guest Blog by Residents Action On Fylde Fracking (RAFF) – So its one rule for us and none for them
Environment Agency Exempt Cuadrilla From Permit Licence The Environment Agency (EA) has rolled over and granted Cuadrilla permission to move the 18,000 gallons of radioactive flowback sludge that has been stored at Preece Hall, following fracking activity there last year. The sludge was too radioactive to move under current EA regulations. Those same regulations still […]
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Geomechanical Study Of Bowland Shale Seismicity, Cuadrilla Resources (2011)
The plot below shows a clear correlation between Cuadrillas fracking operations at Preese Hall Lancashire and sesimic activity in the area. The small circles are seismic events. By looking at the right hand axes you can see their size. The blue line shows the volume of water and chemicals injected into the well and out […]
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Tagged Cuadrilla, Earthquakes, Fracking (Shale and Coal Bed Methane), Lancashire
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Guest blog: URGENT – HELP NEEDED TO STOP BIOFUEL (PROBABLY PALM OIL) POWER PLANT IN SHOREHAM
Biofuel company Edgley Green Power (EGP) has submitted plans for a 32 MW biofuel power station in Shoreham-by-Sea. The power station will burn up to 50,000 tonnes of biofuels a year. That’s 13,950,000 gallons of fuel. To help you visualise this, imagine the exhaust fumes from 5000 transit vans each driving 94,860 miles up and […]
Guest blog: Tom Rooker reports on the “Gathering on the Green” at Lytham St. Annes
Concerned residents gathered at the historic windmill in the town of Lytham, near Blackpool last week to denounce the process of hydraulic fracturing and exploration for shale gas in the area. They gathered together for a group photograph and to participate in a discussion led by local protest groups. Their call for a ban […]
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Blind Panic, Vested Interests and Asset Stripping…
Leaving aside all of the ecological, environmental, geological and pollution concerns. The blasting of water, sand and corrosive chemicals deep into the ground to crack the bed-rock. The risk of poisoning tapwater, causing earthquakes and releasing more greenhouse gases than coal. Leaving aside all of that there are three main problems with Hydraulic Fracturing. It’s […]
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