The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
… North America's experience After a decade of industrial-scale expansion in North America, … of the Earth Europe. After a decade of industrial-scale expansion in North America, …
The US fracking industry has a dirty secret. It has secured a total of seven loopholes and exemptions that give it the power to pollute at will - and citizens have no comeback. Now it's time to fight back!
Time to end the Cheney / Halliburton loophole The Daily Take the Thom Hartmann Program | 15th February 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Fracking USA fracking-rig.png The US fracking industry has a dirty …
The US's drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California's Monterey Shale - meant to hold two thirds of the US's shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as a monstrous Ponzi scheme?
Fracking the US - Monterey Shale's 96% downgrade blows the scam Dylan Murphy Jo Muphy | 19th June 2014 News Oil USA Fracking Politics shale-oil-cut.jpg The US's drive to become a top global oil and …
The UK Government and industry players are looking to revitalise domestic mining, placing communities and ecosystems under threat.
… rapidly changing as the country shifts its industrial strategy, in part to focus on the … and metals used in renewables, electronics, industrial automation and military technology … in the UK reflects the Government’s new industrial strategy , which aims make Britain …
The jailing of anti-fracking protestors demonstrates a deep alliance between the state, finance and capital
… to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy alone does little to … backlash against British capital through industrial and direct action. For this to be …
The US fossil fuel industry has been caught red-handed spying on green activists. But Adam Federman finds it has received poor value for money - and is no closer to tackling the 'existential crisis' it faces.
Spying on environmentalists - the American Petroleum Institute Adam Federman | 15th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking Politics Corporations dont-frack-ny-2.png The US fossil fuel industry has …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
… hopes in the city– while raising fears of new industrial-scale pollution. A slick … “It’s almost like a steroid for the economy.” Industrial revival Drilling for shale gas, … down, the boreholes seem to promise a new industrial revival for Youngstown. In truth, …
Mayor of Malton Paul Andrews has started private legal proceedings against the government by applying for a Judicial Review to challenge a recent Written Ministerial Statement on fracking. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… the communities I represent. "Fracking will industrialise our beautiful countryside and … democratic rights. Would you want full scale industrial fracking only 300m of your home?” … Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, sets out changes in …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
Challenging the delusion of cheap, safe shale gas extraction Alex Russell Peter Strachan | 20th October 2016 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Pollution UK England Wales Scotland Water Health Food …
After a five year battle against fracking companies, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that towns and cities can pass zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire other communities across the USA to enact similar measures.
… zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire …
A leaked government document has confirmed many of the claims of anti-fracking protesters. The government's expectations are shown to have been lower than industry forecasts. Questions are now being asked about how realistic the initial forecasts were. JOSEPH DUTTON investigates.
… the UK’s department for business, energy and industrial strategy showed support for …
Council-run pension funds are investing billions in overseas fracking industries, new data from 350.org, Platform and Friends of the Earth has shown. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Data reveals UK councils invest more than nine billion pounds in fracking Marianne Brooker | 5th September 2018 News Fracking Local Councils Friends Of The Earth 350.org Platform …
UK politicians and officials are studiously ignoring the growing evidence that fracking is an economic and environmental disaster, writes Paul Mobbs. As the circle of 'acceptable' view spins ever smaller, industry PR is dominating a phoney debate that's increasingly remote from reality, public opinion and core democratic principles.
Fracking policy and the pollution of British democracy Paul Mobbs | 20th January 2015 News Fracking UK Politics Energy Finance Oil Gas ribble-estuary-against-fracking-cut.jpg UK politicians and …
Making visible the globe-warming gases of the Permian's fracking boom.
Fracking boom, ecological bust Julie Dermansky | 19th November 2018 News Sharon Wilson Earthworks Permian Basin Fracking Midland Texas X Making visible the globe-warming gases of the Permian's …
The fracking industry was doomed to fail from the start and now activists are putting the final nail in its coffin.
Fracking was always doomed to fail Chris Saltmarsh | 13th February 2019 News Fracking Reclaim The Power Gas Climate Change Cuadrilla Thought Leaders ac9706ad-fracking_greenpeace_peaceful_protest.jpeg …
Increased production from US fracking operations is a major reason for the drop in oil prices, writes Kieran Cooke. But there are warnings that the industry now faces an existential crisis from which it may never recover, as the financial sector faces the prospect of worthless shares and $100s of billions of defaulted debt.
Fracking's future is in doubt as oil price plummets, bonds crash Kieran Cooke | 7th January 2015 News Oil Fracking Gas Finance Energy north_dakota_flaring_of_gas-cut.jpg Increased production from US …
Edelman, the global PR group, has a history of aggressive 'consent engineering' for the fossil fuel industry in North America, writes Paul Mobbs. So what are they doing running 'impartial' UK bodies including a Parliamentary group on unconventional oil and gas, and the 'independent' Task Force on Shale Gas? Are they really US-style 'astroturf' bodies designed to fool us all?
… the US for its large American extractive and industrial clients over the last decade or so … a track record of astroturfing on behalf of industrial causes, Hill and Knowlton . Was the …
Almost entirely unknown to the outside world, and even to most local residents, hundreds of square kilometres of South Africa's Karoo dryland have been bought up by uranium mining companies, writes Dr Stefan Cramer. With no strategic assessment of the industry's devastating impacts and massive water demand, official permission could soon be granted for vast open pit mines.
… continued aggressive marketing of its nuclear industrial capacity with assurance of secure … the negative consequences of an unregulated industrialisation of a very rural and …
Sajid Javid's decision to allow shale gas wells to go ahead in Lancashire marks a new phase in the industry's development, writes Michael Bradshaw. But it will also trigger a new phase of organisation, protest and resistance among impacted communities. Cuadrilla, IGas and other companies may just find the 'social licence' they thought they didn't need is essential, after all.
… the rural landscape and is tantamount to the industrialisation of the countryside. It is …
Public set against fracking companies being allowed to cause bigger earthquakes.
Don't break the fracking rules Staff Reporter | 21st February 2019 News Fracking CPRE YouGov Thought Leaders fracking somerset2.jpg Public set against fracking companies being allowed to cause bigger …
After over a century of coal ash and colliery waste dumping, the Tyne and Wear coastline is no stranger to industrial pollution. But soon a horrific new technology - underground coal gasification (UCG) - will endanger human health and the environment, backed by unflinching Government support and generous lashings of taxpayers' money.
… the Tyne and Wear coastline is no stranger to industrial pollution. But soon a horrific new … of England, once a metaphor for the dirty industrialism of Britain's heavy industries - … electricity, or it could be supplied to large industrial energy users. Don't confuse this …
A new study in the US's 'fracking capital' Pennsylvania has found that pregnant women who live near gas fracking wells are far more likely to give birth prematurely or develop problems during their pregnancies.
Premature birth and problem pregnancies near fracking wells The Ecologist | 9th October 2015 News Health Fracking Energy Science USA pa-gas-well-cut.jpg A new study in the US's 'fracking capital' …
The lesson of fracking in the US and Canada is a simple one, writes Naomi Klein. The fracking industry is vicious, brutal and will stop at nothing to get its way. British anti-frackers can celebrate yesterday's achievements - but the fight ahead will not be an easy one.
Message to the UK: the fracking 'bridge' is burning! Naomi Klein | 27th January 2015 Comment Fracking Fossil Fuels Energy Climate Change Pollution Corporations Law US UK Canada …
The dash for unconventional gas may have brought financial benefits to some, but for struggling dairy farmers in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, the arrival of drilling wells could be the final nail in the coffin. Dimiter Kenarov reports
… 63,000 people, has been undergoing a massive industrial transformation for the past few …