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Fracking “Pause” Would Not Stop What Cuadrilla Did To Cause Quakes!
Fracking “pause” would not even stop the fracking industry from doing what it did to cause recent earthquakes Continue reading
Sussex/Surrey Not Covered By Fracking “Pause”
If you live in the South East of England there is no fracking “pause” and fracking for Shale Oil in Sussex/Surrey is not covered Continue reading
Fracking “Paused” In Lancashire But For How Long?
Despite all the hype the fracking “pause” that has just been announced by the UK government is nothing but a press release Continue reading
2.1 Quake Hits Blackpool, Weeton, Westby, Peel, Kirkham, Wrea Green, Great Plumpton and Lytham St Annes.
The size and frequency of seismic events are again ramping up in the area surrounding Preston New Road near Blackpool. More than 90 tremors have occurred since fracking resumed there less than a fortnight ago. These seismic events are just one of numerous impacts that occur at the shale gas exploration stage but are nothing […]
Object To Tamboran Resources Licence Application To Frack Fermanagh
The Northen Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE) has received an application from Tamboran Resources for a Petroleum Licence covering 608 square kilometres of Fermanagh. The comapany plans widespread drilling and testing despite it’s previous failure to drill (at Belcoo Quarry in 2014) when it’s licence was withdrawn in the face of massive community resistance. […]
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Still A UK Threat
Despite underground coal gasifications dismal track record of failed tests and pollution incidents, Councillors in Warwickshire have still approved the technology for inclusion in the Countys minerals plan. This news comes within a month of Queenslands department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy confirming that the state will spend almost $31 million over the next […]
Radioactive Flowback From Hydraulic Fracturing At Preston New Road Near Blackpool Taken To Leeds
Between November 18 2018 and April 19 2019 flowback waste from Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire was taken to FCC Recycling (UK) Limited at Knostrop in Leeds, the Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed. The waste was carried in tankers on an unknown route on public roads past hundreds of communities. The waste flowback fluid is […]
China Suspends Shale Gas Extraction After Earthquake Kills 2 People
A county in the western Chinese province of Sichuan has suspended drilling for shale gas in response to protests by residents, after a series of earthquakes that led to two deaths was linked to fracking. The first quake hit Sichuan province’s Rongxian county on Sunday morning, followed by two more, including a magnitude 4.9 quake on Monday afternoon that caused the two fatalities. Twelve people were injured, according to the county government and other reports suggest the quakes have damaged more than 10,000 buildings to various degrees. Continue reading