Europe is too emotional about fracking
Shell chief , Peter Voser, calls for a less emotional response to fracking….
read more. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/europe-is-too-emotional-about-fracking-says-shell-chief-6316129.html
Ohio magnitude 4.0 earthquake linked to fracking
Ohio magnitude 4.0 earthquake linked to fracking…. read more here
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/01/ohio-earthquake-linked-to-frac.html
UK shadow energy minister demands investigation into fracking
Labour MP calls for probe into fracking technology …
read more here … http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/labour-mp-calls-for-probe-into-fracking-6277739.html
Poisoning link threatens future of fracking
US study casts doubt on controversial shale gas extraction process –
Read more .. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/poisoning-link-threatens-future-of-fracking-6276590.html
Fracking likely cause of water contamination – US experts fear
Blackpool residents react to the news that chemicals used in the controversial gas drilling method known as ‘fracking’ have contaminated water supplies in a Wyoming valley….
Read more http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business/fracking_water_pollution_fears_1_4054181
‘The blatant lies of the frackers and their friends’
A fantastic article by No Fracking UK and Vale Says No campaigner Andy Chyba, reporting our recent visit to Westminster with the Co-operative group to call for a moratorium on fracking.
http://bridgendgreens.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/the-blatant-lies-of-the-frackers-and-their-friends/
Shale gas push ‘would wreck UK’s climate change targets’
A busy day in the media toady after the Tyndall Centre release their new report. This article in the guardian also stirs up emotions among it’s readers comments -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/23/shale-gas-climate-change-targets?newsfeed=true
Lancashire – new report says fracking for gas would lead to the UK missing emission targets.
Exploiting shale gas reserves in Lancashire could prevent the UK from meeting targets to cut emissions….
read more ..http://www.lep.co.uk/news/lep-business/fears_over_dash_for_gas_1_3992663
The Environmental Dangers of Hydro-Fracturing the Marcellus Shale
An interesting and in-depth study by Dr Robert Myers Ph D – Lock Haven University in the US
Click here
http://www.lhup.edu/rmyers3/marcellus.htm
Secretary of state for energy and climate change, Chris Huhne, backs renewables not shale gas.
Britain can’t afford to bet its future on shale gas – wind turbines are here to stay
Click here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/8877214/Britain-cant-afford-to-bet-its-future-on-shale-gas-wind-turbines-are-here-to-stay.html


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