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Fracking companies need thousands of wells to make a profit. Every well drilled is a foot in the door!!!

Fracking Infographics

…Fracking Stages Infographic Fracking Impacts Infographic Underground Coal Gasification Infographic MORE RESOURCES: 20 Impacts of Shale Gas 20 Impacts of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) 20 Impacts of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)… Continue reading

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Hydraulic fracturing on trial – live updates

…logistical discussions of the rig occupation still ongoing. Answer to the UCG queston: four recently shut down. Eighteen planned for the UK. Yeah. Check out what is planned where via this rather superb map from the Good people at Frack Off – https://frack-off.org.uk/the-big-picture/ 14.40 Trial currently covering some stuff we can’t report. Expecting more juicy bits forthwith! Meanwhile, here’s a quick Extreme Energy question to… Continue reading

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New UK Fracking Licence Areas Confirmed

New UK Fracking Licence Areas Confirmed

…isted could see even larger threats such as Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) become widespread. Right now the community around Barton Moss near Manchester is fighting the threat to their region posed by IGas Energy’s attempts to drill a Shale/CBM exploration well there. Across the country communities are getting organised to resist these threats, with over 100 anti-fracking groups already formed in the last two years, and that number grow… Continue reading

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Muckle LLP

…Commercial law firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which has been involved in trying to gag people critical of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) company Five-Quarter Energy…. Continue reading

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Yorkshire

…or CBM) involves intense drilling (usually 8+ wells per square mile). The UCG process is experimental and has never been tested offshore. All three technologies will produce vast quantities of liquid, solid and gaseous waste from every well drilled. Communities across the region are getting organised to resist this fracking threat, of which these Rathlin and Third Energy’s mini-fracs could be just the first step. Commercial scale fracking c… Continue reading

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South East

…for coalbed methane (CBM) in East Kent and Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) in the Thames Estuary have been relinquished and the current activity is further west in Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire. In particular the British Geological Survey (BGS) and a company called UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) have highlighted the potential to extract shale/tight oil at sites across the Weald Basin. For communities living in the Weald, the tight/shale oil threat is… Continue reading

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Our Forth – Musselburgh

…omote positive community spirit and vision * Express concern about extreme energy and fossil fuels * Maintain constructive dialogue on sensible alternatives for quality of life * Organise meetings and events to further the groups purpose * Lobby and campaign against UGE/UCG * Campaign and Lobby in favour of Renewable Energy and Sustainable ecology * Become a proponent of circular economy * Act coherently and consistently with other groups and indi… Continue reading

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Wirral Against Fracking

We are a local residents group working to raise public awareness of the threats from UCG & CBM to our health, environment & natural wildlife. Continue reading

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