Friday, 29 November 2013

UK - 'Fracking will not bring down fuel bills' - Lord Browne.

Fracking supremo and former BP Chief, mastermind of the Government's so called Royal Society of Engineering ( almost certainly created to whitewash the image of fracking ) and Chairman of Cuadrilla Resources ( main player at Blackpool and Balcombe ) has contradicted UK Government claims that fracking will bring down domestic energy bills..........................
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/29/browne-fracking-not-reduce-uk-gas-prices-shale-energy-bills

Mind you, he also said that fracking was 'existentially important'. But then again, he was  speaking at the LSE! Still working on that one - Ed.

Thursday, 28 November 2013

France - MPs ( two of them ) back Shale Gas testing. But then......

Read how two French MPs appear to be acting as salesmen for the Shale Gas Industry here in The Connexion:http://www.connexionfrance.com/MPs-shale-gas-report-parliament-Bataille-Lenoir-15252-view-article.html

Bad timing. Wrong country. At least for the duration of this Presidency.

Friday, 22 November 2013

French Scientists Advocate Testing for Shale Gas

Just as we anticipated many moons ago, the lobbyists for the DIRTY INDUSTRY are beginning to break down the resistance and in spite of all the readily available evidence world-wide concerning health risks, environmental desecration and the sheer lunacy of extracting yet one more fossil fuel at this late stage in the game are seriously suggesting that 'safe' and 'regulated' approaches to shale gas extraction may be adopted. Lunacy.

Read the report in The Connexion on-line here: http://connexionfrance.com/Academie-Sciences-shale-gas-Candel-15236-view-article.html

If this matter concerned you three years ago it should surely alarm you now.