‘It’s well known that the shale gas industry has spent millions on PR trying to sway public opinion in its favour. Less visible is the extraordinary political influence it potentially wields via some of the world’s most controversial lobbying firms. You won’t find any such connections listed in the Coalition’s new and much-vaunted official Register […]
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‘Nine activists who oppose the controversial fracking technique for extracting gas from the ground were arrested by UK police Tuesday. Protestors took control of the site at Duttons Lane in Upton near Chester in April 2014 and operated the longest running anti-fracking camp in the country. The Upton Community Protection Camp had been fortified with […]
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‘A hydraulic fracturing operation near Fox Creek, Alta., has been shut down after an earthquake hit the area Tuesday. The magnitude 4.8 quake was reported at 11:27 a.m., says Alberta Energy Regulator, which ordered the shutdown of the Repsol Oil & Gas site 35 kilometres north of Fox Creek. Carrie Rosa, spokeswoman for the regulator, […]
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‘Five years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was commissioned by Congress to undertake a study on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water. This newer method of oil and gas extraction involves the pumping of highly pressurized water, sand and chemicals into underground rock formations. Fracking has driven the boom in U.S. […]
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‘Add this to the body of evidence suggesting that the unconventional oil and gas extraction technique known as fracking poses risks to public health. In a study published Wednesday, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health looked at over 1,000 chemicals in hydraulic-fracturing fluids or wastewater, and found that over 150 of them were […]
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‘Previous waves of drilling have already littered the world with millions of orphaned wells, abandoned by their original owners, with many spewing toxic pollutants into the environment, and massive clean up costs falling on taxpayers, a situation which fracking is making far worse.’ Read more: Toxic Legacy of ‘Orphaned’ Fracking Wells yet Another Warning for the […]
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‘Councillors in Trafford have reacted with fury after it was announced huge swathes of the borough – and other giant plots in Greater Manchester – could be opened up to fracking. Environmental campaigners have raised fears of a ‘reckless dash for gas’ after the Oil and Gas Authority – the UK’s oil and gas regulator […]
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‘In an analysis of more than 1,000 chemicals in fluids used in and created by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), Yale School of Public Health researchers found that many of the substances have been linked to reproductive and developmental health problems, and the majority had undetermined toxicity due to insufficient information. Further exposure and epidemiological studies are […]
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‘Once again, in 2015 the oil and gas industry showed us the ludicrous lengths they will go to in order to frack more communities. In the process, they created ample fodder for Comedy Central, and the likes of John Oliver, John Stewart, Trevor Noah and Larry Wilmore. Here are a few of the worst head-shaking […]
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‘Almost 20% of fracking licence blocks offered by the government substantially overlap with zones at significant risk of flooding according to a new analysis by Energydesk. The news comes in the wake of severe flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire – some of the fracking blocks also appear to overlap with areas which have recently been […]
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‘High levels of a toxic chemical substance have been found in rock samples in an area earmarked for fracking in England. Scientists from the University of Aberdeen’s School of Geosciences discovered the element, selenium, in rock samples targeted for shale gas extraction. Fracking involves blasting rocks underground with powerful injections of water, sand and chemicals […]
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‘British Columbia’s energy regulator has confirmed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in northeast British Columbia in August was caused by fracking and is likely to be the largest fracking-induced seismic event ever recorded. The earthquake struck on August 17, 2015 about 110 kilometers northwest of Fort St. John in British Columbia. Its epicenter was close […]
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Mps have voted to allow fracking under National Parks, World Heritage sites and areas of outstanding natural beauty which goes against previous committments and promises not to. However similar protection is not afforded to sites of special scientific interest and other wildlife conservation sites by the plan. Read more: MPs Vote For Fracking Under National Parks […]
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‘It would be schizoid of the Conservative Government to support the commencement of fracking in the UK so soon after the historic Paris climate change agreement – if David Cameron had done any more at the Paris conference than pass around the vol-au-vents. As it is, the Conservatives have made it perfectly clear that, as […]
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