Industry Tactics / Policing / Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published August 2, 2017
So following on from yesterday’s post we have further evidence of how our “gold standard regulation” works. Yesterday morning the A583 was closed at about 7:15 to allow a convoy of trucks to enter the site. The trucks passed protesters at the entrance to the site at 7:27. This was...
So, with the usual PR fanfare Cuadrilla announced their shiny new environmental measurements portal. We are glad that they are at least acknowledging the potential impacts of their activities, but we don’t really think it’s appropriate they they seem to be being left to mark their own homework here. Interestingly...
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy made an announcement yesterday. The Oil and Gas Authority will be established as an independent regulator by the UK Government, with new powers that mean it can act with greater speed and flexibility to drive investment, support jobs and further the UK’s...
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2013-07-05a.162967.h&s=speaker%3A24804#g162967.q0 July 5th 2013 Mark Menzies (Fylde, Conservative) To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that any community benefit revenue that is derived from shale gas is apportioned to people living in the immediate vicinity of well sites. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks, Conservative) I...
We commented earlier this week about the fact that Mr Menzies appeared inordinately pleased with his failure to secure an independent panel to oversee shale gas regulation. Of course we didn’t just comment here, we wrote to him as well. Yesterday he raised the issue again in parliament to Energy...
Dangers / Information Level - Basic / ORIS / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published December 9, 2012
What we do NOT need is another government body costing more tax payers’ money and making life easier for Mr Osborne’s friends like Lord Browne by “streamlining” and “simplifying” the already inadequate regulatory regime.
...and from Pro-Frack anonymous troll Eli-Goth we received the following ringing (if illiterate) endorsement over on Drill or Drop:
...and from The Village Idiot of Little Plumpton AKA Geza Tarjanyi
"Do not believe Refracktion. John 'Obson is useless. 'e is industry"
Take the advice of Greg Clark, ex-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government
"Those who are prepared to organise to be more effective and more efficient should be able to reap substantially the rewards of that boldness ...
Take power now. Don’t let yourself, any longer, be ruled by someone else"
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