Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published July 1, 2013 · Last modified July 2, 2013
Guest blogger Alan Tootill subjects the reports of hugely increased gas reserves to some scrutiny Last week the British Geological Survey (BGS) produced a new estimate of how much gas there is in the shale rock under the North of England. This was hailed by the media as showing what...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published May 31, 2013
“I read the news today oh boy – 74,000 jobs in Blackpool, Lancashire” OK well not quite. The Institute of Directors published their “big up the shale” report recently and one of the much repeated headlines was based on the claim that shale gas in the UK could create 74,000...
Energy Prices / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues
by Refracktion · Published May 13, 2013
My son asked me this the other day – he’s a teenager and into asking awkward questions 🙂 He’s not alone though – The question which is regularly flung at us is “well if you don’t want shale gas what would you do instead to keep the lights on, keep...
Anna's Road / Dangers / Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Regulation / Water Pollution
by Refracktion · Published May 13, 2013
Two months ago we posed the question of why Cuadrilla were claiming to be voluntarily delaying their drilling at Anna’s Road Now, they had been waiting rather impatiently for nearly 2 years for the unofficial ban on fracking to be lifted. They messed up their drilling at Anna’s road and...
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by Refracktion · Published April 28, 2013
Friday saw the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Climate Change release its report entitled The Impact of Shale Gas on Energy Markets – Energy and Climate Change Over at Fracking Digest they have done a great job at summarising the meat of the report for easier digestion. Having read the...
Dangers / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published April 24, 2013 · Last modified April 27, 2013
Cuadrilla’s community newsletter banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. In July 2012 Cuadrilla and their PR agency, PPS Group, created a “community newsletter” which was posted to thousands of households in Lancashire. It contained claims about the safety of fracking which were evidently not sustainable, so local group Refracktion (www.refracktion.com)...
Energy Prices / Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 25, 2013
The continued unusually cold weather conditions also prompted so-called “experts” to renew their scaremongering about Britain’s gas running out. We were given two weeks of continuing cold weather before rationing was implemented. Earlier in the week OFGEM had reported that the ‘Big Six’ energy companies will make a record profit...
Industry Tactics / Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published March 23, 2013
Re-published from REAF – Ribble Estuary Against Fracking We are republishing REAF’s latest news item relating to Cuadrilla’s blatant disregard for community involvement despite DECC stating that engagement with the community is an essential part of any Environmental Risk Assessment (ESA). Please share this as the drilling companies and the...
Information Level - Medium / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published March 14, 2013
What are we to make of our newly parachuted-in MP? Here in Fylde we grew accustomed to being represented by an MP, Michael Jack, who clearly held the interests of his constituents close to his heart. More than that, his wife, Alison, campaigned tirelessy and effectively to defend the area...
We have mentioned before that Hill and Knowlton, a PR company who worked to convince people that there was no proven link between smoking and lung cancer were hired by America’s Natural Gas Alliance. Now we read that Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group have played a major part in creating...
...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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