Campaigners at a public meeting in January to discuss the planned shale gas drilling and fracking site near Balcombe village, Sussex. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Fracking: green groups denounce report approving further exploration Campaigners say the recommendation by government advisers casts ‘grave doubt’ on commitment to cut emissions Adam Vaughan guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 April [...]
A young climate change activist who took part in Camp Frack, a three-day protest last September at a site near Blackpool. Photograph: Mar Photographics/Alamy Fracking plans provoke claims of pollution threat to UK’s water reserves Fracking – the extraction of shale gas – was halted last year after it was linked to a series of [...]
People gathered in the village hall in Balcombe, West Sussex, hear of hydraulic fracturing plans. Fracking techology was blamed for triggering earthquakes near Blackpool. Photograph: Martin Godwin/for the Guardian After earthquakes in Lancashire and tales of poisoned water and flaming taps in the US, “fracking” for gas or oil in the English home counties was never likely to be [...]
A segment of Bowland shale extracted by Cuadrilla Resouces at Singleton. A company report said it is probable the fracking caused the tremors. Photograph: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg/Getty Images Controversial ‘fracking’ technique to extract gas from the ground was the ‘highly probable’ cause of earth tremors, report finds reddit this Comments (112) Juliette Jowit and Hanna Gersmann [...]
Fracking industry will be minimally regulated in UK, letters reveal A shale gas drilling platform in Fort Worth, Texas – the industry has avoided heavy regulation in the US. Photograph: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Correspondence between government and agencies shows confusion as to who will be responsible for controversial practice reddit this Comments (35) John [...]
Blackpool earthquake tremors may have been caused by gas drilling Environment group calls for fracking procedure to be banned after safety concerns over minor earthquakes in Lancashire Share101 Jonathan Paige The Guardian, Wednesday 1 June 2011 Article history The quakes near Blackpool – magnitude 1.5 and 2.3 – caused no damage. Photograph: Graeme Robertson [...]
