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Frack Off Fife
…A group of campaigners who are passionately against fracking, UCG & deep UCG (Underground Coal Gasification) being introduced to Fife…. Continue reading
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Films
…n outlines our reasons for the abolition of underground coal gasification (UCG). This report was in response to the news that a UCG plant in Kingaroy had been ordered to shut down its operations after low levels of carcinogenic chemicals were detected in an aquifer. Extreme Energy, The Economy and Growth Oil industry claims about new technologies such as “fracking” that can tap massive amounts of previously inaccessible “u… Continue reading
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Buccleuch Estates
…The Buccleuch Estates are property of the Duke of Buccleuch, making him the largest private landowner in Europe. The Estate is involved coalbed methane (CBM) extraction, providing sites for Dart Energy’s project near Canonbie in Scotland, as well as Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), with investments in UCG company Five-Quarter and the Estates Energy Director on Five-Quarter’s board…. Continue reading
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January Newsletter
…kfreesomerset.org/frack-free-february/frack-free-february-overview Two new UCG licenses sold in Dee and Loughor Estuaries – Coal Authority (DECC) has sold two UCG (frack-off.org.uk/underground-coal-gasification-hellfire-and-damnation) licences to Cluff Natural Resources www.energy-pedia.com/news/united-kingdom/new-153070 Cuadrilla planning application for horizontal well – Permission sought for a horizontal shale gas well (would be first in UK) fo… Continue reading
East Anglia
…e only current licence in the region is for Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) near Cromer. UCG is an experimental technology with a history of test failures. Read more… A company called Clean Coal holds the licence. Keeping an eye on them and the imminent 14th Onshore Round is advised. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex are outside the licence areas currently issued to fracking companies. Areas of this region are available to frack… Continue reading
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Government Admits Fracking Will Not Solve Energy Crisis (But Will Push Ahead Anyway)
…l seams rather than shale rock for gas, and Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), the even more insane process of setting fire to coal seams underground and piping the resulting gas to the surface, are far more of a threat than Shale Gas but have so far received very little attention. Doubtless part of reason for the timing of these revelations is to diffuse opposition to Shale Gas ahead of the end of the government’s “consultation̶… Continue reading
Frackers Close To Getting Their Hands On 60% Of UK
…ntal assessment while the piecemeal sale of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) licences by DECC (24 licences issued in the last few years, with 5 more application pending) are not, is another example of the industry/government trying to sneak whatever it can through under the radar. The impact of this UCG licensing would likely be as catastrophic, if not more so, than the DECC PEDL licensing round. Typical Dense Fracking Development In Western Pe… Continue reading
Burning millions of tonnes of coal underground might not be a great idea.
…gulation can provide against the hazards of underground coal gasification (UCG). The risks were “sometimes unknowable”, it says in one report. Full coverage via The Ferret: https://theferret.scot/new-coal-gas-could-cause-polution-says-watchdog/ What is UCG?: https://frack-off.org.uk/extreme-energies/underground-coal-gasification/ NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ORGANISED! Find your Local Group here… Email info@frack-off.org if you want help setting u… Continue reading
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