Tag: fracking
Anti-fracking camp faces eviction during Paris climate talks
The longest running anti-fracking camp, Upton Community Protection Camp, faces eviction from the 4 December 2015, during the Paris climate talks. The leader of the Green Party and Wales notes Upton's significance in The Ecologist. "The timing of the eviction notice - 4th December - means this is likely to…
Frack Free campaigner on Downing Street hunger strike
A stalwart of Frack Free Fylde in Lancashire has been on hunger strike opposite Downing Street since the 23 November 2015 to stop fracking and gas storage in Blackpool. Gayzer Frackman objects to the government's stance on hydraulic fracturing for gas and wants to discuss its potential impacts on his…
Frack Free Somerset angry over new fracking bill announced in Queen’s Speech
By Western Daily Press | Posted: June 04, 2014 Frack Free Somerset angry over new fracking bill announced in Queen's Speech The Queen’s Speech revealed a bill which will make it easier for fracking to take place across the country. The bill aims to change trespass laws to allow unconventional…
Official Response to Queen’s Speech, June 4th 2014
Frack Free Somerset is strongly opposed to the infrastructure and competitiveness bill announced in today’s Queen’s speech, which aims to change trespass laws to allow unconventional gas exploration companies to drill on private land without first requiring a landowner’s permission. Fracking companies would still need planning permission to drill for…
Fracking safety: recent research warns of ‘significant unknowns’ as data is hidden by O&G industry
By Damian Carrington The Guardian Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:00 CDT © LM Otero/AP Oil and gas drilling can contaminate water sources with methane, as Steve Lipsky, above, demonstrates by setting match to water flowing from his well outside his home in rural Parker County near Weatherford, Texas, Sparse public…
Anti-Fracking Protesters Fight for ‘Next Seven Generations’
Published on Sunday, December 1, 2013 by Common Dreams Snowy Standoff in New Brunswick as Anti-Fracking Protesters Fight for 'Next Seven Generations' 'I think the community is standing up for the environment, and the police are protecting the company, and that's not right.' - Andrea Germanos, staff writer Picture via…
Request for support from Romania
Pungesti, Vaslui county, Romania International Call for Help & Action #humanrights #stopgazedesist This morning, shortly before 6 AM, 45 vehicles, including police vans and heavy machinery, arrived in the Resistance Camp in Pungesti. Less than 90 people were in the camp and they were completely isolated. The riot police blocked…
Fracking to blame? Texas rocked by 16 earthquakes in last 3 weeks
Source: http://rt.com/usa/texas-fracking-earthquakes-azle-445/ A rig contracted by Apache Corp drills a horizontal well in a search for oil and natural gas in the Wolfcamp shale located in the Permian Basin in West Texas (Reuters / Terry Wade) Northern Texas towns are experiencing an intense string of earthquakes – the last of which…
Colorado Towns’ Fracking Fight
Published on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 by Common Dreams Eyes of the Nation on Colorado Towns' Fracking Fight 'Industry across the nation is looking to see what Colorado voters are going to do.' - Lauren McCauley, staff writer Coloradoans picket frack-friendly Governor John Hickenlooper in Longmont, Colorado. (Photo: FreeRangeLongmont.com/ cc/…
Article about radiation risks
Wrecking the Earth: Fracking has grave radiation risks few talk about Christopher Busby is an expert on the health effects of ionizing radiation and Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk. Source: http://rt.com/op-edge/fracking-radioactive-uranium-danger-ecology-057/ A climate and anti-fracking protester holds a "Fracking kills" placard as he stands outside the…