Natural gas provides an ideal complement to renewable energy sources - not a replacement, argues Mónica V. Cristina of Shale Gas Europe
… 588 meters. Second, the issue of chemical additives. In Europe, all the additives that will be used in fracturing … regulatory authorities of the chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing. In …
Fracking has no social licence in the UK, will contribute little to the economy, will have a huge adverse impact on other sectors, will be a disaster to climate and the environment, and won't even improve energy security, write Peter Strachan and Alex Russell. Do we really want to see 16,000 or more shale gas wells drilled in the British countryside? Let's FraXit now!
Time to give the chop to fracking: FraXit now! Professors Peter Strachan Alex Russell | 19th December 2016 Comment Fracking Energy Fossil Fuels Pollution Politics UK England Scotland …
Protestors at the Barton Moss fracking site have held off all deliveries to the rig for two days after a judge ruled that the 'road' they were using is actually a footpath. Will iGas now back off for good?
Protestors' 'Fracking victory' at Barton Moss Oliver Tickell | 14th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking UK barton-moss-trucks.png Protestors at the Barton Moss fracking site have held off all …
Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored.
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years Paul Mobbs | 31st March 2015 Comment Health Fracking Energy Politics murphy-oil-la-cut.jpg Medact, the organization of health professionals for …
Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in fracking to extract gas and oil could represent health and environmental hazards, writes Tim Radford. Among the greatest hazards: biocides and corrosion inhibitors.
… the chemicals commonly used in fracking. Such additives , which are necessary for the … side was saying, 'We're just using food additives, basically making ice-cream here.' …
A study by the British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency reveals that almost all the the oil and gas bearing shales in England and Wales underlie drinking water aquifers, raising fears that widespread water contamination could occur.
… and it "will not permit the use of chemical additives in hydraulic fracturing fluid that … groundwater does not arise just from chemical additives, but also from the rocks themselves, …
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 environment Adam Vaughan Rowena Mason Guardian Environment | 2nd July 2015 News Fracking Health Pollution Economics UK Politics Energy …
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.
Cuadrilla fracking decision: shale industry's battle is beginning, not ending Michael Bradshaw | 7th October 2016 Comment Fracking Energy Gas Planning England UK Politics balcombe-cut.jpg Sajid …
North Yorkshire County Council gave planning permission for frackers Halliburton - while having shares in ... Halliburton. The council argues the decisions were made by different committees, avoiding a conflict of interest. JAN GOODEY investigates
Special Investigation: Council invested in fracking company behind controversial planning approval Brendan Montague | 23rd May 2018 | News Fracking Planning Haliburton Carl Les North Yorkshire County …
America's shale gas boom threatens families, pets, and food, writes Allison Wilson. Fresh from her reading of 'The Real Costs of Fracking', she finds a host of adverse health impacts on those living near fracking sites, the toxic pollution of the food chain, and a wall of corporate and official secrecy.
Exposed: what fracking really does to you, your family, pets and food Allison Wilson | 25th February 2015 Reviews Fracking Health Energy Toxics Pollution Food Farming USA …
Fracking operations produce radioactive waste derived from naturally occurring uranium and thorium - until now, safely buried deep underground. And right now the industry has neither a plan, nor the technology, to deal with it.
Fracking's radioactive legacy - we lack the technology Alan Herbert Trevor Jones | 5th March 2014 Comment Fracking UK Fossil Fuels Radiation safe-fracking-fairy-tale.png Fracking operations produce …
Hydraulic fracturing is still a ‘known unknown' in South Africa's ongoing energy debate. And whilst two weeks ago communities in the KwaZulu-Natal province made it clear they don't want fracking, President Jacob Zuma does. Jasper Finkeldey reports
Fracking industry advances with phase one exploratory applications in South Africa Jasper Finkeldey | 20th October 2017 News Fracking South Africa Gas Oil Shale Anti Fracking fracking south …
Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos, Environment Secretary Liz Truss, the Environment Agency and its ex-boss Lord Smith all suffer from a blind spot, writes David Lowry - the dangers of fracking, its radioactive emissions and the toxic chemicals that threaten to pollute our aquifers. As for official advice that 'regulation needs to be strongly and robustly applied' - pass the Tippex!
… - so called 'gender-bender' chemical additives - used in fracking fluids. In his …
In its haste to get fracking, the UK Government is neglecting safe, clean alternatives that could be providing low-carbon gas and heat energy, writes Keith Barnham. The technologies are already well established in other European countries and are picking up fast here too - so why the insistence that only fossil fuels can deliver the UK's energy needs?
Safe, low carbon, inexpensive: the renewable alternatives to fracking Keith Barnham | 8th July 2015 News Energy Fracking Renewables UK Politics lund-biogas-purifier-cut.jpg In its haste to get …
The 14th Onshore Round of oil and gas licencing entirely avoided the Prime Minister's Witney constituency for reasons that clearly have nothing to do with geology, writes David Smythe. Is the little-known Frack-Free Witney the UK's most successful - and covert - anti-fracking organisation? Or are darker forces at work?
Frack-Free Witney? How did David Cameron's constituency escape the 14th Round? Professor David Smythe | 21st September 2015 Comment Energy Fracking Oil Gas Regulation UK Politics …
In the midst of the US domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. Elizabeth Royte reports
… water, plus an additional 400,000 gallons of additives, including lubricants, biocides, …
Long-disused oil and gas wells in the US have been found to be a 'significant' source of the super greenhouse gas methane, writes Richard Heasman. The climate impact of oil and gas is underestimated, as this long term impact is not included in existing calculations.
Disused oil and gas wells wells a major source of methane Richard Heasman Oliver Tickell | 28th December 2014 News Oil Gas Fracking Climate Change USA UK drake-oil-well-pa-cut.jpg Long-disused oil …
The UK government is all for fracking, writes Dr Robin Russell-Jones, but on climate grounds alone it should be banned. Evidence from the US shows that shale gas is twice as dirty as coal from a climate viewpoint due to 'fugitive emissions' of methane. That makes fracking incompatible with the UK's climate change commitments and the Paris Agreement - as the CCC may soon rule.
Fracking is twice as bad for climate as coal - will the Climate Change Committee ban it? Dr Robin Russell-Jones | 9th June 2016 News Climate Change Emissions Methane Fracking Fossil Fuels COP21 …
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the withdrawal of an ad extolling the virtues of fracking, ruling that it is misleading, exaggerating, and lacks substantiation. In the process it has undermined the Government's entire case for fracking in the UK.
'Misleading' fracking ad 'must not appear again' Oliver Tickell | 3rd September 2014 News UK Fracking Politics USA fracking-well-louisiana-cut.jpg The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ordered …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… exclusions. Campaigners say an array of additives are added to frack fluid, including … (Maximum Contaminant Level) for the chemical additives and wastewater constituents. We need …
Emboldened by the Tory election victory and the appointment of Amber Rudd as energy Secretary, writes Ben Lucas, planning applications to frack have been coming in thick and fast - even in densely populated London boroughs.
Fracking surge follows Tory election win Ben Lucas DeSmog.uk | 31st May 2015 News Fracking UK Politics Energy Fossil Fuels fracking-balcombe-protest-cut.jpg Emboldened by the Tory election victory …
New measures to compel local councils to speed up frackers' planning applications have a clear intention, writes Oliver Tickell - to make it ever harder for planners to refuse permission.
Fracking fast-track stacks odds against planning refusal Oliver Tickell | 13th August 2015 News Fracking Energy Politics Regulation UK fracking-not-for-shale-cut.jpg New measures to compel local …
The Argentine government is set to push ahead with controversial fracking despite warnings.
Fracking Argentina Fernando Cabrera | 7th December 2018 News Fracking Gas Emissions Fuel Argentina Carbon G20 img_6986.jpg The Argentine government is set to push ahead with controversial fracking …
Almost all UK laws that regulate fracking's impact on the environment emanate from EU directives and regulations, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Once out of the EU, the UK would be free to amend them, scrap them or simply ignore them. And given the UK's record of support for fracking and lobbying in Brussels for deregulation, that may be exactly what the Brexiteers have planned.
… standards; REACH regulation sets limits for additives in chemicals used in the fracking …