In the past week 20,000 frack sites and oil and gas installations have been destroyed by massive flooding in Colorado. The implications must be obvious to all. 20 inspectors for 50,000 frack sites. Go figure.
See the short video report ( under 3 minutes ) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75h8Ilma8JI&feature=em-share_video_user
Never mind, in the UK they are 'certain' that fracking can be done safely ( never any floods there are there! ) and the upcoming Commission report here ( November ) is believed to say the same for France.
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Hot enough?
So just why are we pushing so hard to burn yet one more fossil fuel?
Click the link to decipher the riddle: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-world-dangerous-climate-change
Click the link to decipher the riddle: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-world-dangerous-climate-change
Friday, 27 September 2013
'Natural Gas' installations - aerial views. The reality.
Have you ever wondered just what so called 'natural' gas / fracking operations might look like from the air?
Click here to see the reality :http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.photos.php
We feel that image number 14 ( btm left of the page ) might make a really nice desktop image / screensaver.
Click here to see the reality :http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/chemicals.photos.php
We feel that image number 14 ( btm left of the page ) might make a really nice desktop image / screensaver.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
WATER - Just imagine..................
It is sometimes difficult to envisage the sheer volumes of water that will be transported, contaminated and then either laid to evaporate onto the surrounding countryside or re-injected back into the frack 'hole' after each frack operation. In 'Blackpool' the operation there deployed and spoilt over 2 Billion litres. Hard to imagine is it not. If that is hard to imagine, try this for size:https://twitter.com/sandyd68/status/382762311187824640/photo/1
That is correct.
'If fracking is allowed in New York State, the wastewater generated is equal to the water volume cascading over Niagara Falls for 35 straight hours. So, imagine standing in front of Niagara Falls for 35 hours. Now imagine that all the cascading water you see is radioactive and full of toxic chemicals, and your job is to figure out where to put it so that it won't come in contact with any person or any other body or water or the soil or the air. FOREVER.'
Sandra Steingraber Phd.
That is correct.
'If fracking is allowed in New York State, the wastewater generated is equal to the water volume cascading over Niagara Falls for 35 straight hours. So, imagine standing in front of Niagara Falls for 35 hours. Now imagine that all the cascading water you see is radioactive and full of toxic chemicals, and your job is to figure out where to put it so that it won't come in contact with any person or any other body or water or the soil or the air. FOREVER.'
Sandra Steingraber Phd.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Fracking in UK - significant risks to livestock and food chain.
Today we break our rule ( hey, we make the rules around here!! ) and feature a report in today's Independent (The) newspaper regarding conclusive research carried out by Cornell University's Professor Robert Oswald relating to serious and significant risks to UK livestock and therefore the food chain based on findings in six US states.
The Independent - Tuesday, 17th September 2013
'Fracking sparks food safety concern as expert warns of serious risk to livestock'
"Professor Robert Oswald says his findings of deaths and deformities in American livestock are so alarming that Britain should halt the practice 'until its impact is fully assessed."
"Fracking for gas and oil in the British countryside poses such a significant risk to livestock that a moratorium should be imposed on the industry until its impact on food safety can be assessed, a leading researcher has warned."
Read the report by clicking this link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fracking-sparks-food-safety-concern-as-expert-warns-of-serious-risk-to-livestock-8822746.html?printService=print
Editors note:
Please refer to our recent article gving specific details of the type and amount of chemicals typically deployed in fracking - and be apalled.
Note also, our earlier report where we mention the concern expressed by the French Agriculture Minister relating to the possible effect upon the food chain.
The Independent - Tuesday, 17th September 2013
'Fracking sparks food safety concern as expert warns of serious risk to livestock'
"Professor Robert Oswald says his findings of deaths and deformities in American livestock are so alarming that Britain should halt the practice 'until its impact is fully assessed."
"Fracking for gas and oil in the British countryside poses such a significant risk to livestock that a moratorium should be imposed on the industry until its impact on food safety can be assessed, a leading researcher has warned."
Read the report by clicking this link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fracking-sparks-food-safety-concern-as-expert-warns-of-serious-risk-to-livestock-8822746.html?printService=print
Editors note:
Please refer to our recent article gving specific details of the type and amount of chemicals typically deployed in fracking - and be apalled.
Note also, our earlier report where we mention the concern expressed by the French Agriculture Minister relating to the possible effect upon the food chain.
Saturday, 14 September 2013
US - Draft FRAC Act before Congress.
Today we read of a draft FRAC Act currently before Congress seeking to................
a. Require disclosure of the chemical constituents used in the fracturing process, but not the proprietary formula.
b. Repeal a provision added ( by the Bush Administration ) to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempting the industry from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act ( SWDA), one of America's landmark environmental and public health statutes.
We wish them well and wonder if a similar disclosure clause might be introduced in mainland Europe. Ed.
Read the full report here: http://degette.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=1056:degette-hinchey-and-polis-introduce-frac-act-to-ensure-safe-drilling&catid=76:press-releases-&Itemid=227
a. Require disclosure of the chemical constituents used in the fracturing process, but not the proprietary formula.
b. Repeal a provision added ( by the Bush Administration ) to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempting the industry from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act ( SWDA), one of America's landmark environmental and public health statutes.
We wish them well and wonder if a similar disclosure clause might be introduced in mainland Europe. Ed.
Read the full report here: http://degette.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=1056:degette-hinchey-and-polis-introduce-frac-act-to-ensure-safe-drilling&catid=76:press-releases-&Itemid=227
French anti-fracking law faces uncertain future....................
Hydraulic fracturing is banned in France - for now. Read here how the law (loi Jacob - July 2011) may face an uncertain future and how we may all soon be back at the barricades ( click the link ) : http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20130913-gaslands-director-toursfrance-anti-fracking-law-faces-uncertain-future
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