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The fight to protect The Forest of Dean from fracking is on!
Licences have been offered to fracking companies that cover a huge swath of the Forest of Dean. There is every opportunity to make these licences an incredibly unattractive prospect for the industry and the local authority. Visible, organised community opposition can kill the threat in the Forest of Dean. See the licenses here: https://frack-off.org.uk/extreme-energy-fullscreen/ The […]
New study reveals UK shale more toxic than shale in the U.S.
Arsenic and Selenium concentrations in shale formations in the Britain and Ireland are much higher than in the Barnett Shale in Texas where Arsenic and Selenium contamination of groundwater has already been linked to fracking. The mean concentrations of Arsenic and Selenium in the Bowland Shale are about 2.5 times higher than the Barnett Shale […]
Investment company with 30,000 acres of the North West is in bed with the fracking industry
Peel Holdings (officially now known as The Peel Group) are a private real estate, media, transport and infrastructure investment company who own over 30,000 acres of the North West of England. Within the anti-fracking movement, they are best known for being the land-owners of the Salford Barton Moss exploration site that saw months of blockading in […]
Animals on the land 24/7 are suffering first at the hands of #fracking industry
Fracking is threatening to compromise food supplies with animals and crops dying in Alberta, North Dakota, New Mexico, California and Pennsylvania as a result of exposure to chemicals from drilling operations. Cornell Study: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/03/reproductive-problems-death-animals-exposed-fracking 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 IS THE TIME TO GET ORGANISED! Find your Local […]
Flood-ravaged North of England is Fracking industry’s primary target
Fracking companies are planning thousands of wells for the flood-ravaged North of England. This cannot be allowed to happen. Join your nearest group or start one today! Commentary from Preston New Road Action Group (Lancashire): http://pnrgroup.org.uk/2015/12/28/risk-of-frack-ups-with-floods-in-the-north/ Flooded fracking site in Colorado (pictured): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/colorado-floodwaters-cove_n_3941958.html NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ORGANISED! Find your Local Group here… […]
Fracking Myths Debunked – Energy Security
Fracking is not a pathway to UK energy security. An average shale gas well produces 1 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas, an average coal bed methane well (CBM) produces half of that. Divide that by UK gas consumption and you realise that we’d need to be drilling 8-10 new wells each and every day! […]
Chester community remains rig-free!
A massive Merry Winter(!!) to those who are spending today on-site at Upton Community Protection Camp. The site could be evicted at anytime. The Camp has been on a site licensed to fracking companies Dart Energy and IGas for well over a year and a half. It’s presence has defended the community from becoming a […]
Surrey shale exploration a warning for the South East
Fracking company UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) have stated that the proposed well in the Surrey Hills would provide a further valuable “proof of concept” step in UKOG’s plans to exploit the Kimmeridge Clay for shale oil. This threatens the drilling of thousands of wells across the Weald. The British Geological Surveys estimateswell over […]