Category: News
Pull Up Fracking Before It Takes Root
Let’s get out on the streets, keep the Tories under the cosh and fossil fuels under ground this July! Reclaim the Power have been organising to support communities in Lancashire resisting Cuadrilla and the Conservative Government’s attempts to frack their countryside for the past 6 years. Now with the company…
THE BENTLEY EFFECT
OUR COMMUNITIES MUST COME TOGETHER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO STOP FRACKING ON THE NORTH SOMERSET COAST AND EVERYWHERE.........!! FILM SHOWING IN FROME ON: 1st March 2019. 7pm. Frome Town Hall. BA11 1EB Entry by donation. cakes by Scrummy Vegan cakes.
A screening of ‘The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas’……. Fantastic Success
Many thanks to Gary Seabrook and gang at Wildgoose Space in Bristol for the fantastic job they did at fundraising £298.77 for FFS on Friday evening 3rd March. It was a great evening with raffles, cakes, and music, Marco Jackson the director of The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas was…
Is INEOS planning to drill for shale gas in Sherwood Forest?
Friends of the Earth released a document today which it says contains evidence that the chemical company, INEOS, is planning to drill for shale gas in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire. INEOS, which has previously said it has no intention of shale gas exploration in the forest, described Friends of…
Fracking to go ahead in North Yorkshire after high court ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/20/fracking-to-go-ahead-in-north-yorkshire-after-high-court-ruling
Four west country councils vote against fracking
Opponents of shale gas in the west country are celebrating a series of recent council votes against fracking. In the past fortnight, Conservative-controlled Gloucestershire and Herefordshire County Councils have backed anti-fracking motions while Forest of Dean District and Watchet Town Councils have declared themselves Frack Free Zones.https://drillordrop.com/2016/12/19/four-west-country-councils-vote-against-fracking/
Tesla made more money last quarter than the entire US oil industry made last year
https://electrek.co/2016/11/10/tesla-made-more-money-last-quarter-than-the-entire-us-oil-industry-made-last-year/
BBC Points West: Preparation underway for experimental drilling for gas near the Somerset coast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b083gk8m/points-west-weekend-news-04122016
UK government suppressed damaging fracking report until after crucial Lancashire vote
https://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/11/25/fracking-report-andrea-leadsom-lancashire/ The British government deliberately withheld the release of a damaging fracking report to prevent local councillors from scrutinising it ahead of a crucial voteON SHALE GAS drilling, according to an ongoingEnergydesk investigation.