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Millions of gallons of toxic waste per fracking well – all moved by road
The quantities of toxic and radioactive waste being produced by fracking, are overwhelming the limited capacity of treatment plants, which cannot remove all contaminants in any case, and combined with spilling and dumping is contaminating land, waterways and groundwater Latest spill coverage: http://www.observer-reporter.com/20160303/tanker_carrying_frack_water_crashes_in_amwell More studies linking fracking to animal health impacts/harm to agriculture: https://frack-off.org.uk/mounting-evidence-the-harm-caused-by-fracking/#agriculture NOW […]
Pennsylvania Communities Invaded: Armed Guards For Fracking Pipeline
Fracking pipeline construction has started in Pennsylvania. Guarded by heavily armed U.S. federal marshals, crews begin felling trees on land seized from local people. The Constitution Pipeline is planned to stretch 124 miles across the Pennsylvania-New York border carrying gas from the Marcellus Shale. For more information on the month-long stand-off with the community that […]
Fracking threatens our remaining wild spaces.
Fracking requires thousands of miles of pipelines, roads, drilling pads and related infrastructure which is fragmenting ecosystems, while pollution and waste also pose a severe threat to wildlife. Media coverage here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/fracking-waste-poses-severe-threat-to-wildlife/168386/ An organised community is THE best defence against the Fracking industry. Get our step-by-step guides and start planning an effective Anti-Fracking campaign where you […]
Fracking requires thousands of wells, pipelines, access roads, trucks, flaring, compressor stations, waste disposal plants, injection wells…
Fracking takes rural communities and turns them into industrial zones, with an unprecedented industrialization of the countryside now under way in the US, where a million more wells are expected over the next few decades and in places fracking is now pushing into the suburbs once rural areas become fully exploited Media coverage here: http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/04/welcome-gasland-denton-texas An […]
Fracking is a global threat. We need local resistance – everywhere!
Last week fracking company Rhino Oil and Gas Exploration South Africa officially announced its intention to explore almost 7,4 million hectares of land in South Africa. Latest media coverage here:http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/anti-fracking-lobby-slowly-gaining-momentum-in-kzn-20160223 An organised community is THE best defence against the Fracking industry. Get our step-by-step guides and start planning an effective Anti-Fracking campaign where you live […]
Lancashire fracking applications concede 20,000 trucks per site
Thousands of vehicle movements, flaring, diesel pumps running 24/7, fugitive emissions and leaks. How could fracking be anything other than a disaster for those that live closest to the industry? Latest media coverage here: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/24/fracking-traffic-would-increase-local-air-pollution-study-tankers-water-nitrogen-oxide-emissions Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Texas have all recorded massively increased air pollution as a result of fracking, including local concentrations […]
Underground Coal Gasification: Cluff extends Halliburton arrangement
http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/122721/cluff-natural-resources-extends-halliburton-arrangement-122721.html http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/122721/cluff-natural-resources-extends-halliburton-arrangement-122721.html Cluff Natural Resources Track Record of Failure Cluff initially proposed an onshore UCG test in the Warwickshire countryside near Coventry in 2013. Fierce local opposition quickly halted the issuing of a licence. The company moved it’s plans just offshore to Fife in Scotland. They were greeted by halls full of angry Methil residents […]
Live in the North Notts/South Yorkshire area? This concerns you!
A survey organised by Misson parish council confirms that fracking company IGas has no social licence to operate in the area. Of 396 residents (76% of the parish population) who took the survey only 4% (14 people) were in favour. IGas have applied for a Mining Waste Permit, objections can be submitted until the 8th […]