Excellent 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'.

Read the remarkable claims made by some fairly senior ( and very senior ) public figures in the UK here:  http://www.refracktion.com/index.php/garbage-watch/

Great 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.

Le Dauphiné Libéré

Le gaz de schiste reste interdit

Bien Public

C'est une nouvelle victoire pour les opposants au gaz de schiste. Le tribunal administratif de Cergy-Pontoise a confirmé mardi l'abrogation des permis ...

Gaz de schiste : requête rejetée pour Schuepbach en Ardèche - France Bleu

Gaz de schiste: requête rejetée pour Schuepbach - Le Figaro

Gaz de schiste. L'abrogation des permis d'exploitation confirmée - Ouest-France

Toute l'actualité sur ce thème

New Yorkers celebrate one year of fracking ban.

Sensible people.

http://ecowatch.com/2015/12/18/fracking-ban-anniversary/

Cameron has his war, next he needs his poll tax or miners strike equivalent. Could this be it?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34290896

At the same time ( from the article ) ............................

Perhaps most tellingly, some energy consultancies are no longer keeping a close eye on fracking.

"There is no interest in market forecasting as so many believe it is not going to happen," says John Williams at Poyry Management Consulting. The company's last report on fracking was in 2013.
"We could easily see no fracking at all in the UK."

So despite the best efforts of both the government and shale gas companies themselves, including the multitude of new licences being issued, fracking in the UK is far from a foregone conclusion.

Past its sell by date Dave/George? Ed.

$3 million award to Texan family in light of damages relating to fracking

'It took three years, but a Texas family finally emerged victorious in a case that could long impact fracking companies and the impact they have on the communities in which they operate.
A Dallas jury favored the Parr family, which sued Aruba Petroleum back in 2011 after experiencing an array of health issues attorneys argued were the result of dozens of gas wells in the area. The family was awarded nearly $3 million in what attorneys believe was the first-ever fracking trial in U.S. history.'

First case of its kind. Ed.

Read the full report here:-

http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/23/texas-family-3-million-fracking-trial/

UK Government trying to pull a fast one ( National Parks and SSCIs )

Government “trying to pull a fast one” on fracking in National Parks

 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/media/press-releases/government-%E2%80%9Ctrying-pull-fast-one%E2%80%9D-fracking-national-parks-20151215#.VnBa0pxPemo.mailto

 

Despicable. Ed

UK Government r