tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62865383264736219052024-03-18T22:09:33.467-07:00SchisteHappensBlogThe English Language site about gas fracking in France. This site is for anyone who is concerned about shale gas exploitation in France and whose English is better than their French.SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.comBlogger688125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-38246528424320238972016-02-09T04:21:00.001-08:002016-02-09T04:21:44.658-08:00UK - Greenpeace 'frack' Westminster. Petition.Over 69,000 people have already signed the petition. Please consider doing likewise.<br />
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<a href="https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/clark-fracking?source=em&subsource=20160209fraem01&utm_source=gpeace&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=20160209fraem01" target="_blank">https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/clark-fracking?source=em&subsource=20160209fraem01&utm_source=gpeace&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=20160209fraem01</a><br />
<br />SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-25581619530331892592016-02-08T02:29:00.002-08:002016-02-08T02:29:53.645-08:00UK - Mark Ruffalo tells Cameron he is making an enormous mistake on fracking.<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/08/mark-ruffalo-tells-cameron-his-uk-fracking-push-is-an-enormous-mistake" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/08/mark-ruffalo-tells-cameron-his-uk-fracking-push-is-an-enormous-mistake</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-52858867965503027292016-02-08T02:04:00.001-08:002016-02-08T02:04:49.460-08:00France - Minister decides to appeal against the re-instatement of Total permits.Ségolene Royal has decided that the State will appeal against the recent decision to re-instate the exploration permits originally award to Total.<br />
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Essentially, the minister has made this decision in light of the law on energy transition (2015) which sets a target of reducing by 30% the consumption of oil and calls for a 'broad review of hydrocarbon exploration policy.' Mme Royal also reaffirms the 'government's determination to strictly enforce the prohibition of hydraulic fracturing having in mind environmental and public health matters.'<br />
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Read the article here ( in French, but translate via Google Translate perhaps ):-<a href="http://www.localtis.info/cs/ContentServer?pagename=Localtis/LOCActu/ArticleActualite&jid=1250270232293&cid=1250270229766" target="_blank">http://www.localtis.info/cs/ContentServer?pagename=Localtis/LOCActu/ArticleActualite&jid=1250270232293&cid=1250270229766</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-86721669052358542912016-02-07T07:11:00.002-08:002016-02-07T07:11:32.796-08:00MEPs support ban on frackingEuro-MPs voted last week to urge member states not to allow any new hydraulic fracturing operations.<span id="more-15872"></span>
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The vote is not legally binding but opponents of fracking described it as significant.<br />
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From the excellent site : <a href="http://drillordrop.com/2016/02/06/meps-support-ban-on-fracking/#more-15872" target="_blank">http://drillordrop.com/2016/02/06/meps-support-ban-on-fracking/#more-15872</a> SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-27253877610624877472016-02-07T07:06:00.001-08:002016-02-07T07:06:27.843-08:00UK - SOS<i>From the good people at Sumofus.org</i><br />
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<strong>The UK government just declared war on the British people over
fracking.</strong> It's going to allow companies to frack under our homes
without our permission -- despite 99% of responses to a public consultation
saying an emphatic NO.<br />
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A massive 40,000 people formally objected to proposals to <strong>change
trespass laws so that fracking companies can extract oil and gas from under
people's land without permission. </strong>Showing utter disdain for democracy,
the government has decided to ignore this outpouring of public opposition, and
go ahead with changing the law in favour of the frack-happy 1%.<br />
It's clear that this government is far more interested in helping fossil fuel
companies than it is in building a green economy or being democratically
accountable. <strong>But we can still stop this.</strong><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Tell the government to ditch plans to frack under our homes without our
permission: </a><a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/forced-fracking/?sub=mtl">http://action.sumofus.org/a/forced-fracking/?sub=mtl</a><br />
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<br />SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-39121659019142584482016-02-07T03:11:00.000-08:002016-02-07T03:11:45.013-08:00France - Protest demonstration - Sunday 28th February.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Advance notice of the demonstration/manifestation to take place on 28th February at BARJAC in the Gard departement triggered by the re-instatement of gas exploration permits to Total arising out of loopholes in the anti-fracking loi Jacob.<br />
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Please support this event. Remember, once President Hollande departs it is likely to be open house for fracking with any of his successors. Back to 2010. Ed<br />
<br />SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-51873634131481215912016-02-03T12:32:00.001-08:002016-02-07T03:05:38.532-08:00US - California aquafers contaminated with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater.Do you think the BBC or David Cameron know or care about this? <br />
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You bet they do. Ed. SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-35688599319049704832016-02-01T11:13:00.001-08:002016-02-01T11:13:33.303-08:00French response to decision to re-instate Total exploration permits.Early warning of Manifestation at BARJAC - 28th February. More details as we have them. Ed.SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-42558982333358079932016-01-31T04:45:00.000-08:002016-01-31T04:45:02.749-08:00France - MP Pascal Terrasse - response to reinstatement of Total permits<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="LETTRE D'INFORMATION N°218
">In 2011 it was Ardeche deputé <b>PASCAL TERRASSE</b> who tirelessly pressed the (then) Sarkozy government to legislate against fracking. This pressure resulted in the <b>'loi Jacob'</b> a much diluted affair and full of loopholes. These loopholes have current implications. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="LETTRE D'INFORMATION N°218
">In 2017 France will elect a new President. All candidates (assuming no President Hollande ) are likely to be in favour of fracking. <i>The implications are obvious.</i> Ed. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="LETTRE D'INFORMATION N°218
"></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="du 29 janvier 2016
"><br /><br /></span><span title="COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE - PERMIS DE MONTELIMAR : "PASCAL TERRASSE MOBILISE CONTRE LES GAZ DE SCHISTE ET LA FRACTURATION HYDRAULIQUE"
"><b>PRESS RELEASE - PERMIT MONTELIMAR "PASCAL TERRACE RALLIES AGAINST SHALE GAS AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING"</b><br /><br /></span><span title="COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE - 28 janvier 2016
">PRESS RELEASE - January 28, 2016<br /></span><span title="GAZ DE SCHISTE : LE TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DE CERGY-PONTOISE ANNULE L’ABROGATION DU PERMIS DE MONTELIMAR
">SHALE GAS: THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF Cergy Pontoise CANCELS THE REPEAL OF PERMIT MONTELIMAR<br /></span><span title="Pascal TERRASSE
">Pascal TERRASSE<br /></span><span title="Député de l’Ardèche
">Member of the Ardèche<br /></span><span title="Conseiller départemental
">County Council<br /><br /> </span><span title="« PASCAL TERRASSE MOBILISÉ CONTRE LES GAZ DE SCHISTE ET LA FRACTURATION HYDRAULIQUE »
">"PASCAL TERRACE - AGAINST SHALE GAS AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING"<br /></span><span title="Le Tribunal Administratif de Cergy-Pontoise a rendu aujourd'hui sa décision concernant la légalité de l'abrogation du permis d'exploration de gaz de schiste dit « permis de Montélimar », détenu depuis mars 2010 par Total, puis abrogé en octobre 2011 suite">The
Cergy-Pontoise Administrative Court today issued its decision on the
legality of the revocation of shale gas exploration permit called
"Montelimar permit", detained since March 2010 by Total, and then
repealed in October 2011 </span><span title="à l'adoption de la loi interdisant la fracturation hydraulique.
">the adoption of the law prohibiting hydraulic fracturing.<br /></span><span title="Le Tribunal, qui a rendu à la fin du mois de décembre une décision confirmant l'abrogation du permis de Villeneuve-de-Berg, a cette fois annulé l'abrogation du permis de Montélimar qui s'étend sur un territoire de plus de 4">The
Tribunal, which reported the end of December a decision confirming the
repeal of license (Scheupbach ) Villeneuve-de-Berg, has this time rescinded the repeal
of Montelimar permit, which covers an area of over 4 </span><span title="700 km² et cinq départements, dont l'Ardèche.
">700 km² and five departments, including the Ardeche.<br /></span><span title="Pour Pascal Terrasse, Député de l’Ardèche : « si la voie judiciaire exploite les failles de l'ancienne législation que j'avais à l'époque dénoncée, il faut désormais relancer la voie législative.">Pascal
Terrace, Ardèche MP: "If the courts exploits loopholes in the previous
legislation which I denounced at the time, we must now restart legislation. </span><span title="En compagnie de mes collègues parlementaires qui se battent contre les gaz de schiste, je soutiens le projet de nouvelle législation, plus claire et sécurisée, visant à interdire définitivement l’exploration et l’exploitation des gaz de schiste ».
">With my parliamentary colleagues who fight against shale gas, I
support the proposed new legislation, clearer and more secure, to permanently
ban exploration and exploitation of shale gas. "<br /><br /></span><span title="Et de conclure : « Les 130 demandes de permis et la trentaine de demandes de renouvellement doivent toutes être refusées.">He concluded: "The<b> 130 applications for permits and thirty renewal applications</b> must all be rejected. </span><span title="Tout projet d’exploration et d’exploitation de gaz et pétrole de schiste et autres hydrocarbures non-conventionnels doit désormais être interdit.">All exploration project and gas exploitation and oil shale and other unconventional hydrocarbons must now be prohibited. </span><span title="Je reste mobilisé, comme une grande majorité des Ardéchois, contre les gaz de schiste ».">I remain mobilized, as a large majority of the Ardèche, against shale gas. "</span></span><br />
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SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-83872528511095992942016-01-28T12:01:00.000-08:002016-01-28T12:01:22.727-08:00France - Total win Montelimar appealThe administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise have today ruled in favour of Messrs Total in respect of the permits initially cancelled following the introduction of the anti-fracking law 'loi Jacob' in July of 2011. The company are permitted to pursue 'exploration' and refer to 'alternative methods'. Clearly the law, which was reluctantly introduced by the Sarkozy government and diluted somewhat at the last minute did not exclude all possibilities. The permis in question are referred to as the Montelimar permits.SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-66278442708308335142016-01-25T08:56:00.000-08:002016-01-25T08:56:18.363-08:00France - The prospect of fracking has not gone away.<b>Editorial</b><br />
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We have long asserted that the industry would bide its time waiting patiently until a change of government occurred ( ie 2017 ) and all the while protesting that it would only use 'alternative methods' in order to 'explore and establish' the riches ( sic ) underground here in France.<br />
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Whilst Messrs Scheupbach failed to convince the judges in Cergy-Pontoise Administrative Court of the legitimacy of their appeal against the cancellation of permits issued in the Montelimar region, Messrs Total look all set to convince the same court of the legitimacy of their claim. In anticipation of this and almost six years to the day after the huge mobilization of 20,000 people on Saturday 26th February the collective 'Les gaz et huiles de schiste, ni ici ailleurs, ni aujourd'hui, ni demain' have scheduled a day of demonstrations on February 28th at Barjac ( Gard ).<br />
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This thing ( in spite of the still falling price of oil, and in spite of COP 21 ) is still far from over.<br />
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We remain vigilant.SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-4550800170560773962016-01-19T08:16:00.000-08:002016-01-19T08:16:29.726-08:00France - Total policy on Montelimar.<br />
Total have now announced that they will not push through/ahead with shale gas exploration 'if it is against the wishes of society or without government approval'. Read the statement by CEO Patrick Pouyanné here ( in French - perhaps use Google Translate if necessary )......................<br />
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<a href="http://www.europe1.fr/economie/total-ne-passera-pas-en-force-sur-le-gaz-de-schiste-2652859" target="_blank">http://www.europe1.fr/economie/total-ne-passera-pas-en-force-sur-le-gaz-de-schiste-2652859</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-11589197166334196982016-01-18T03:08:00.001-08:002016-01-18T03:08:13.901-08:00France - Total all set to regain it's Motelimar permits.Total would apear to be playing the long game. They would seem to have every chance of regaining their former permits to 'explore' for gas under the Montelimar permis ( Drôme, Ardeche, Herault, Gard and Vaucluse ) after making submissions to the administrative court of cergy-Pontoise whilst acknowledging that they have 'not yet' developed alternatives to hydraulic fracturing. They will of course be mindful that none of those likely to run for President in 2017 are likley to oppose fracking.<br />
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Meanwhile the collectifs are newly alerted and a day of action will take place on February 28th at Barjac in the Gard organised by Collectif 07 'Stop Gaz de Schiste'.SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-59302499855539312492016-01-18T01:47:00.000-08:002016-01-18T01:47:20.512-08:00US - Fracking related methane leak - biggest in history (California).Imagine a methane leak ( the result of flawed storage of fracked, so called 'natural gas' ) so big that it equates to the emissions from 2.2 million cows in one day, driving over 4.5 million cars in one day and the emissions of six coal-powered plants/stations -<b> in one day.</b><br />
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Read the report and watch the video here: <a href="https://www.earthworksaction.org/earthblog/detail/porter_ranch_gas_leak_spells_climate_disaster?gclid=CPGxlNiIs8oCFRW3GwodbzIK0g#.VpyzEVLfJXo" target="_blank">https://www.earthworksaction.org/earthblog/detail/porter_ranch_gas_leak_spells_climate_disaster?gclid=CPGxlNiIs8oCFRW3GwodbzIK0g#.VpyzEVLfJXo</a><br />
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Apparently, there are over 400 ancient storage sites across the USA where this could happen. <span id="goog_1513466090"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1513466091"></span><b> </b>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-62050999315653427172016-01-15T02:52:00.000-08:002016-01-15T02:52:00.292-08:00US - Fracking operation causes huge fire, Grady CountyFire reported 14th January 2016.<br />
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Imagine this in the UK with it's 'strong regulatory framework' (sic).<br />
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Watch the blaze here:-<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhx8yB3Dk2I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhx8yB3Dk2I</a><br />
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Not the first, nor will it be the last. Ed SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-4298092560862731332016-01-13T06:39:00.001-08:002016-01-13T06:43:15.786-08:00Oaklahama ordered to stop fracking after latest spate of multiple earthquakes.<b>The Oklahoma Corporation Commission have issued an order to
reduce fracking by 50% due to a recent spike in earthquake activity,
which they say is a direct result of fracking activity. </b><br />
At least a dozen earthquakes hit Oklahoma City in less than a week last week, which officials say is ‘highly unusual’.<br />
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-oil-gas-regulators-order-changes-earthquakes-230106818.html?nf=1" target="_blank">Yahoo News</a> reports:<br />
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are working with researchers on the entire area of the state involved
in the latest seismic activity to plot out where we should go from
here,” Oil and Gas Conservation Division Director Tim Baker said, adding
that responding to the swarm of earthquakes in the region was an
ongoing process.<br />
Oklahoma has become one of the most
earthquake-prone areas in the world, with the number of quakes magnitude
3.0 or greater skyrocketing from a few dozen in 2012 to more than 800
in 2015. Many of the earthquakes are occurring in swarms in areas where
injection wells pump salty wastewater — a byproduct of oil and gas
production — deep into the earth.<br />
George Choy, a U.S. Geological
Survey seismologist in Denver, said studies indicate that earthquakes in
certain areas have been induced by wastewater disposal. About 200
million barrels was disposed in the state each month in 2015, he said.<br />
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activity or slowing it down would be a prudent measure,” Choy said.
“The science here is still developing. What we need to know is more
about the geology, more about the existence of faults.”<br />
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three earthquakes were recorded Monday in the Stillwater area, about 50
miles northeast of Edmond. The largest was a magnitude 3.2 quake,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Baker said his agency also was
looking at the new seismic activity.<br />
The response plan announced
Monday calls for one well located 3.5 miles from the center of
earthquake activity near Edmond to reduce disposal volumes by 50 percent
and four other located between six and 10 miles away by 25 percent.
Other wells within 15 miles of the activity will conduct reservoir
pressure testing.<br />
Compliance with the plan is voluntary at this
point, though none of the operators have raised objections. The
commission said the operator of the well closest to the earthquake
activity, Pedestal Oil Company Inc., has agreed to suspend operations
entirely to assist the agency’s research effort.<br />
The operator of
another well, Devon Energy Production Co., has also agreed to suspend
operations, and no objections have been raised by the operators of the
other wells, agency spokesman Matt Skinner said.<br />
Other changes had
already been made in response to the quakes. Over the past year, agency
directives resulted in 197 wastewater disposal wells reducing the depth
of their operations and 14 wells reducing disposal volumes by half,
according to the commission.<br />
In addition, applications for
disposal wells are reviewed for potential seismicity, and wells
operating in earthquake-prone areas have to record and report their
volumes and pressures to be analyzed by researchers.<br />
Art McGarr, a
USGS seismologist in Menlo Park, California, said geologists have
recommended better monitoring to identify at an early stage which wells
are capable of inducing a damaging earthquake.<br />
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that the earthquakes are increasing dramatically, and they are
continuing to increase,” McGarr said. “Injecting at different depths may
or may not provide a solution to the problem.”SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-74684751322615979662016-01-13T06:16:00.000-08:002016-01-13T06:16:34.684-08:00UK - Fracking firms to test ground without planning permissionRead the BBC report here: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35193788" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35193788</a><br />
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The DCLG said: "The government considers that it is important to
obtain seismic data to inform any potential proposals for petroleum
exploration, and it would be beneficial to be able to do this early in
the process. <br />
"Having carefully considered the views expressed in
response to consultation and the potential impacts, the government
considers that it is appropriate to proceed with this proposal."<br />
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<b>Was this written by a (Tory ) robot? Ed. </b>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-23917789027003280562016-01-12T09:02:00.000-08:002016-01-12T09:02:31.037-08:00UK - Protest at Upton, Cheshire site.<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/12/anti-fracking-protesters-dig-in-as-eviction-battle-starts-in-upton-cheshire" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/12/anti-fracking-protesters-dig-in-as-eviction-battle-starts-in-upton-cheshire</a><br />
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Brave people. Ed. SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-55021573438447840312016-01-12T01:51:00.002-08:002016-01-12T01:51:48.662-08:00UK-Fracking safe? Insurance companies don’t think so.<br />
<b>Letter to David Cameron from Keith Lindsay-Cameron (Somerset).</b><br />
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<b>A letter a day to Number 10 Downing Street - No 1,312</b>
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Monday 11 January 2016.<br />
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Dear Mr Cameron,<br />
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<b>Fracking safe? Insurance companies don't think so. </b><br />
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I think you need to have a word with UK insurance companies. It seems
they do not share your confidence that fracking is safe. Two thirds of
UK insurers will not insure against fracking damage which could include
contaminated water in areas prone to flooding and groundwater
contamination. Fracking in areas prone to flood? The very idea is
insane.<br />
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Whatever evidence you have on how safe fracking is, clearly insurance
companies have either not seen it or they don’t believe it and consider
fracking a considerable risk. I appreciate that insurance companies are
risk averse, they are, after all, not in the business to lose money,
but if fracking is so safe, why is the insurance money market not
accepting that fracking is low risk?<br />
The amount of fracking fluid left in the ground varies, reportedly it
can be from 5 and 90 percent. It should hardly need saying that flood
victims do not want fracking toxic waste added to the toxicity of flood
waters.<br />
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Of course if insurance companies are not prepared to cover fracking
risks there are no prizes for guessing who will have to pick up the bill
for the clean-up operations – the great British public cash cow.<br />
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Given the cuts in flood defences it is looking more and more
cynically as if flooding is just another transfer of public wealth into
private hands thus adding to the shrinking state, money that would have
benefited all were it invested in flood protection is siphoned into
massively expensive clean up operations in areas where flooding could
have been entirely prevented.<br />
And, of course, no amount of money can begin to cover the personal
trauma and distress of those whose lives are devastated by flooding,
including the loss of any very personal and precious family mementos.<br />
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There have already been earthquakes related to fracking in the UK,
and whilst they were fairly low magnitude, typical of earthquakes in the
UK, that does not excuse exposing people to such additional risks.
Oklahoma, a major fracking area in the US, which historically
experiences 2 earthquakes a year above level 3 on the Richter scale,
experienced 585 such quakes in 2014 and 842 in 2015.<br />
It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who said, “In politics, nothing happens
by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” That
very much has to include preventable disasters from flooding and
fracking.<br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/householders-affected-by-floods-face-insurance-double-whammy-if-they-live-nearby-planned-fracking-a6804476.html#gallery" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/householders-affected-by-floods-face-insurance-double-whammy-if-they-live-nearby-planned-fracking-a6804476.html#gallery</a><br />
<a href="http://www.shalereporter.com/resources/faq/drilling/article_847ccaac-340b-11e2-b288-001a4bcf6878.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.shalereporter.com/resources/faq/drilling/article_847ccaac-340b-11e2-b288-001a4bcf6878.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/02/tory-cuts-wrecking-uk-flood-defences" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/02/tory-cuts-wrecking-uk-flood-defences</a><br />
<a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21120-how-fracking-caused-earthquakes-in-the-uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21120-how-fracking-caused-earthquakes-in-the-uk/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/10/fracking-earthquakes-oklahoma-colorado-gas-companies" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/10/fracking-earthquakes-oklahoma-colorado-gas-companies</a><br />
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<i>Well done Sir. Of course, here at Schiste Towers we have made this point many times in the past and can only assume that the UK government are simply in it for the money. Surely not? Ed</i><br />
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<a href="https://creatorsnotconsumers.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://creatorsnotconsumers.wordpress.com</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-55421393151716000362016-01-10T03:15:00.000-08:002016-01-10T03:15:14.538-08:00Oklahoma hit with 70 quakes in a week - from USA TODAYA swarm of more than 70 small earthquakes has rattled Oklahoma in the
past week, raising concerns that the state’s quake problem is getting
worse.<br />
The largest quake measured magnitude-4.8 and struck around midnight Wednesday near the town of Fairview. No significant damage has been reported, although it shook pictures and crockery.<br />
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was felt all over the county, pretty much all over the state,” Major
County Undersherrif Darin Reams said. "This one rattled a little bit.”<br />
Smaller quakes continued Thursday.<br />
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Oklahoma in 2014 had at least 5,415 earthquakes; 585 of them were
magnitude-3 or greater. In comparison, the state had just 109
magnitude-3 quakes in 2013, according to the Oklahoma Geologic Survey.
Statistics for 2015 are still being compiled.<br />
A state report last
year noted a connection between hydraulic fracturing and some earthquake
"swarms," and state officials say there's a potential risk to the
public due to the increase in quakes. Experts say the quakes are likely
being caused by injection wells, which are particularly deep wells into
which drilling byproducts and wastewater are injected, rather than wells
drilled to extract oil or gas.<br />
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Read the full report here: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/07/small-earthquakes-shaking-oklahoma-blamed-deep-injection-wells/78421444/" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/07/small-earthquakes-shaking-oklahoma-blamed-deep-injection-wells/78421444/</a><br />
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<b><i>Of course, it could never happen in the UK ( or France ) - could it? Ed. </i></b>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-55374984357662209162016-01-08T09:00:00.003-08:002016-01-08T09:00:55.756-08:00New York State: The People Win Over Shell in Fracking Water Withdrawal CaseHard to imagine but it would appear to be true. Ed<br />
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Read the report here: <a href="http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/07/people-win-over-shell/" target="_blank">http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/07/people-win-over-shell/</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-48179542112933208442016-01-05T02:16:00.000-08:002016-01-05T02:16:19.933-08:00Renewable Energy Soars Amid Plummeting Fossil Fuel PricesIs there something that the UK government is missing we wonder? Ed.<br />
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<a href="http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/04/renewable-energy-soars/" target="_blank">http://ecowatch.com/2016/01/04/renewable-energy-soars/</a><br />
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<br />SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-79901354189205444152016-01-04T06:48:00.000-08:002016-01-04T06:48:06.336-08:00UK - High levels of contamination found at Barton Moss frack site.<br />
Lawyers defending protestors have revealed high levels of contamination on and in close proxility to the Barton Moss frack site. Read the following report. Bet you won't find this in the Sunday Times, D.Mail,T'Graph etc.Ed.<br />
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<a href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barton-moss-fracking-high-levels-8791016" target="_blank">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/barton-moss-fracking-high-levels-8791016</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-13721455855583773382015-12-30T07:19:00.000-08:002015-12-30T07:19:25.860-08:00Excellent UK fracking site.'We keep hearing people in authority making statements about fracking
which simply don’t match the generally accepted reality. Perpetuating or
creating myths in an attempt to bolster support for fracking is at best
disingenuous and we think you need to ask yourselves why these people
are saying these things'.<br />
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Read the remarkable claims made by some fairly senior ( and very senior ) public figures in the UK here: <a href="http://www.refracktion.com/index.php/garbage-watch/" target="_blank">http://www.refracktion.com/index.php/garbage-watch/</a>SchisteHappenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09042514595523366167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6286538326473621905.post-18418419351476613812015-12-28T06:34:00.002-08:002015-12-28T06:34:45.694-08:00Great news from France.If you do not read French simply go to Google Translate and copy and paste the following article/links for a very good approximation in English. Don't miss it.<br />
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C'est une nouvelle victoire pour les opposants au
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