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New document shows fracking at Airth for six years
…th were fracked as early as 1997. In December the owner of the Airth site, Dart Energy, refused to answer when locals asked if the driller plans to frack under their feet. Dart have admitted they plan to extend the drilling site to hundreds of coal bed methane wells, with 22 wells currently in planning. An honest answer would be that fracking had been going on for over half a decade. The technique of hydraulic fracturing is used to extract gas fro… Continue reading
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Australia residents beat off Scottish gas drillers
…ge has been heard. Residents recently held a nine-day blockade against the Dart site, ending in a forcible eviction by police. The same kind of gas drilling is due to take place in Airth, with the company pouring its waste waters into the nearby Firth of Forth. Dart has recently attracted controversy for its plans to drill in downtown Sydney. Hundreds of people marched to oppose the plans. Fullerton Cove Residents Action Group (FCRAG) had sought t… Continue reading
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Latest News From Community Blockade At Daneshill, Nottinghamshire
…t Frack Attack: New Midlands Multi-Well Program for more information about Dart’s drilling program in the Midlands. Groups involved in resisting Dart’s plans include Bassetlaw Against Fracking (Facebook), Frack Free Nottinghamshire (Facebook) and Frack Free South Yorkshire. The fracking site in plantations south of Daneshill Road, Sutton cum Lound, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 8RB (see map below). The nearest station is Retford. Kitch… Continue reading
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Gas Mafia infiltrates ‘Greenest Government Ever`
…UK’s rush towards onshore gas – his company owns nearly 5% of Dart Energy, which plans 22 Coal Bed Methane wells in Scotland. Taylor’s cash seems effective – after a recent meeting with Cameron the company won new contracts in post-revolutionary Libya. Baroness Hogg Non-executive director at BG Group, non-executive director, Treasury Hogg sits at the side of George Osborne as a non-executive director on the Treasury. She a… Continue reading
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HSBC – The Fracking Bank & Another Fracking Lord
…and Stirling. They will then pump out huge quanties of ground water to release methane gas. The highly toxic water will be processed! and then dumped into the Firth of Forth through a network of pipelines stretching 22km. There is growing local resistance to Dart’s plans and significant numbers have commented on the councils planning portals where Dart’s applications can be found (Falkirk 300, Stirling 96). As awareness and concern ab… Continue reading
Daneshill Day 0 (Wed 26th March)
…next site at Daneshill, Sutton cum Lound near Retford in North Nottinghamshire (see photo of similar packed down rig on left). The community there is in need of support now. A camp has been set up outside the site. See Dart Frack Attack: New Midlands Multi-Well Program for more information about Dart’s drilling program in the Midlands. Groups involved in resisting Dart’s plans include Bassetlaw Against Fracking (Facebook), Frack Free… Continue reading
January Newsletter
…g Applications Falkirk (Airth) P/12/0521/FUL Coal Bed Methane, Production, Dart Energy Ltd Stirling (Airth) 12/00576/FUL Coal Bed Methane, 14 Sites, 22 Wells, 20 km Pipelines, Dart Energy Ltd Lancashire (Singleton) 05/12/0003 Shale Gas, Time Extension, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd Lancashire (Weeton) 05/11/0431 Shale Gas, Time Extension, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd Lancashire (Westby) 05/13/0018 Shale Gas, Horizontal Well, Cuadrilla Resources Ltd Lancashir… Continue reading
Farndon Day 29 (Thurs 27th Mar)
…Local People Blocking Trucks Outside Dart Energy’s Fracking Site In Farndon, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge) Dart Energy have brought a drilling rig onto their Farndon fracking site and have been drilling a coal bed methane (CBM) exploration well. The local community mobilized to resist, with a camp setup outside the site. Dart is now trying to get equipment off the site. See below for more photos…. Continue reading
