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Cuadrilla are free to frack: Osborne’s plans on shale gas
…y until further into the 2020s.” (5.14) That’s odd. Plans by Cuadrilla and Dart Energy (amongst others) forsee production starting within the next 12 months. Indeed, Dart has a live planning application for production wells in Airth, Scotland. So why is DECC saying it will take until the 2015? Environmental Contamination Meanwhile, the threat of environmental contamination is brushed aside with this simple contradiction “Many of the incidents repo… Continue reading
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Most UK Fracking Companies Employ Expensive Spin Doctors – why?
…ed mumblings of Mr Riley was Duddleston, Shropshire where fracking company Dart Energy (now owned by IGas Energy) had employed him to attend one of Frack Free Dudleston‘s very well attended public meetings. On that occasion he refused to admit he wasn’t a direct employee of Dart Energy and seemed surprised that the informed audience were less than thrilled by his offerings of go-to industry myths to answer a barrage of clearly articula… Continue reading
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Government “Open for Consultation” but moving decision making further away from the people
…development at Airth Unconventional exploration wells do not produce gas. Darts application for the first production development in UK, 22 wells on 14 new sites with 20km of pipeline at Airth, could potentially deliver up to 50,000 cubic meters per day. However Dart’s ultimate ambitions for this small licence block between Stirling and Falkirk would require around 600 wells and would likely exceed 500,000 cubic meters per day. Similarly Cua… Continue reading
Upton Day 31 (Mon 5th May)
…Camp On Dart Energy’s Planned Fracking Site In Upton, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge) A camp has been setup by the local community on the site where Dart want to construct a pad. See below for more photos…. Continue reading
Communities Dig In To Fight Fracking
…verge of bankruptcy, drilling has ground to a halt and prices are rising. Dart’s proposed CBM development at Airth In the next year the main battles are likely to be in Scotland and Lancashire, but many other areas of the country, including South Wales, Somerset and Sussex are under threat. The government has plans to sell of half the country to fracking companies next year. Dart Energy has submitted a planning application for 14 sites, wit… Continue reading
Upton Day 1 (Sat 5th Apr)
…Camp Setup On Dart Energy’s Planned Fracking Site In Upton, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge) A camp has been setup by the local community on the site where Dart want to construct a pad. See below for more photos…. Continue reading
Farndon Day 32 (Sun 30th Mar)
…Local People Packing Down The Camp Outside Dart Energy’s Fracking Site In Farndon, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge) Dart Energy have been drilling a coal bed methane (CBM) exploration well on their Farndon fracking site. The local community mobilized to resist with a camp outside the site, but with the rig now gone the camp is being packed down. See below for more photos…. Continue reading
Community Victory Over Fracking Company
…ck Free Dudleston and other groups in the Frack Free Dee Coalition – Dart Energy (now owned by IGas) has pulled out of the fracking licence they owned in the region (PEDL 185). This also means that the rejected planning application the fracking company were appealing (also in Dudleston) has also been dropped! Community organising gets the goods! From Frack Free Dudleston: Dart Energy have withdrawn the application to drill for CBM in Dudlest… Continue reading
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