The anti-fracking movement scored a great victory when Lancashire councillors refused planning permission for two fracking wells, writes Damien Short. But dig deeper and the triumph was all the greater, as it overcame not just Cuadrilla, but a morass of pro-fracking bias and legal and scientific misrepresentation from those meant to be providing impartial advice.
… Lancashire's fracking victory was even greater than we knew Damien Short | 21st July 2015 News Fracking Energy Politics Human Rights Law Science camp-frack-cut.jpg The anti-fracking movement scored a great victory when …
Extreme energy in the UK is arousing extreme reactions, write Jess Elliot & Damien Short. On the one side stand citizens committed to preserving the quality of the local and global environment. And against them, a government determined to let fracking rip, and police forces prepared to ignore legal norms to suppress the growing popular resistance.
… Fracking is driving UK civil and political … Elliot Damien Short | 30th October 2014 News Fracking Law Human Rights Energy Politics UK … against them, a government determined to let fracking rip, and police forces prepared to …
House prices could fall 7% near fracking rigs, according to the 'secret' Defra report on fracking in rural areas, only published in full after a legal battle, while leakage of waste water could damage human health and contaminate food.
… Secret report: fracking could hurt house prices, health and … Guardian Environment | 2nd July 2015 News Fracking Health Pollution Economics UK … House prices could fall 7% near fracking rigs, according to the 'secret' Defra …
Breaking a clear pre-election promise, the government will allow fracking to take place in the UK's most precious wildlife sites and in vital groundwater source areas, writes Adam Vaughan.
… Fracking go-ahead in SSSI wildlife sites, … Guardian Environment | 17th July 2015 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Energy UK Law Politics … promise, the government will allow fracking to take place in the UK's most …
On the final day of the trial of Caroline Lucas and other anti-fracking protestors, we ask - what about human rights? Entirely neglected by the government in its desperate drive to frack, they ought to trump all other policy considerations.
… Fracking - why are human rights being ignored? … Hulme Steffen Böhm | 25th March 2014 Comment Fracking Law Fossil Fuels Water Pollution UK … of the trial of Caroline Lucas and other anti-fracking protestors, we ask - what about human …
They tried to influence government - but that's not working any more, writes John Vidal. So Friends of the Earth's new boss is taking a more radical approach rooted in community activism. And as he prepares for a storm of protest over fracking and cuts to wind and solar, he's ready to take on George Osborne in an 'ideological war' for the future of Britain.
… September 2015 Comment UK Politics Society Fracking Campaigning craig-cut.jpg They tried … as he prepares for a storm of protest over fracking and cuts to wind and solar, he's … gets Bennett singing in Welsh, large-scale fracking in Britain could have him Mongolian …
The 'other' solar technology, CSP, which uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays, is about to get a lot cheaper, writes Jeffrey Barbee. A South African team has developed a low cost design suitable for mass production that can be 'plonked' on site straight from the factory.
… of the acclaimed story about the worldwide fracking industry: The High Cost Of Cheap Gas …