Lib Dem president Tim Farron warns fracking could harm countryside 'for decades' - Telegraph 3aug13 Robert Watts

LINKS to NEWS ARTICLES:          * to ***** =  EITHER I must read this to see if good (eg from recommendation)  OR this is worth reading

August 13, 2013   Lord Howell plots with fracking firms in Windsor dungeon

Oil giant Halliburton lined up as potential UK fracking partner - Andrew Wesley - The Ecologist 5oct13 Celtique  <<<<< NB - especially re #TTIP #ISDS

Feathers fly in fracking fight - Lancashire Evening Post 4oct13

BBC News - Rhondda and Vale councils pass gas drilling tests 3oct13

BBC News - Cuadrilla pulls out of Lancashire fracking site 4oct13   - Anna's Rd St Anne's  due to wintering birds - that's the reason given by Cuadrilla, but Gayzer Frackman says: "Cuadrilla pull out of Anna's Road site. St Anne's Lancashire.  They are a joke! blaming the wintering birds. Bollocks! The well would not set and they had to abandoned it we can't prove it because the regulators do not check their explanation. 50% fail WE FIGHT WE WIN. This will be the first of many."!

'Fracking for gas and oil poses serious risk to livestock, warns expert Professor Robert Oswald says his findings of deaths and deformities in American livestock are so alarming that Britain should halt the practice ‘until its impact is assessed’' - 17sep13 UK Politics - UK - The Independent   Prof Robert Oswald is "an expert on molecular medicine at Cornell University".

Critique of Cuadrilla’s plans and proposals for drilling near Balcombe, West Sussex by David Smythe Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Glasgow August 2013 pdf  & Verdon comments:    http://frackland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/professor-david-smythes-critique-of.html

**** BRIBERY: Lancashire MPs join forces to seek fracking sweeteners - FT.com 14aug13 SNIP These Lancs MPs (Con. & Lab.) assess fracking almost solely in money terms - repulsive

What Price? You & I Films on Vimeo

Gwen Harrison ‏@harrison_gwen Brilliant article: Locked into business as usual in a changing world - ENDS Report August 2013 http://tomburke.co.uk/2013/08/23/locked-into-business-as-usual-in-a-changing-world-ends-report-august-2013/ …  via @tom_burke_47
http://tomburke.co.uk/2013/08/23/locked-into-business-as-usual-in-a-changing-world-ends-report-august-2013/

‘We need assurances’ over land for fracking - Local Business - Blackpool Gazette

Birmingham fracking protester locked up for 26 - Birmingham Mail 24aug13

No shale gas price revolution   ToUChstone blog  A public policy blog from the TUC  
Philip Pearson on: Will gas fracking mean lower energy prices? Balcombe’s wake-up call   ToUChstone blog  A public policy blog from the TUC - by Philip Pearson

Greenpeace to launch local anti-fracking campaign in Lancashire   Greenpeace UK 23aug13

Anti-fracking pressure mounts as Greenpeace plans 'spectacular' activity   PR & public relations news   PRWeek 21aug13

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/20/green-biogas-has-potential-to-quash-fracking-debate/

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10624480.Balcombe_protesters_accuse_Sussex_Police_of_using_violent_tactics/?ref=twtrec

Fife: threat of the insanity of UCG - Underground Coal Gasification - even worse than fracking (even pro-fracking scientist James Verdon is against UCG): 'Fife subsea coal-burning fears raised' - Fife Local News - The Courier 20aug13
'Energy minister asked for answers on Fife underground coal gasification proposal' - Fife Local News 21aug13 The Courier

we-need-assurances-over-land-for-fracking-1-5981085

FoE Scotland response to Dart Energy criticisms   Friends of the Earth Scotland 21aug13

The Battle for Balcombe - write-up by Scriptonite 21aug13

David Cameron has become fracking's biggest cheerleader  21aug13 Matthew Spencer   Environment   theguardian.com

Scriptonite Talks E03  What the Frack is Going on in #Balcombe  21aug13  Scriptonite Daily

What is behind this fracking mania  Unbridled machismo 19aug13  George Monbiot   Comment is free   The Guardian

Prejudiced biased piece: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2398552/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Green-bullies-inconvenient-truths.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

No Dash for Gas – Reclaim the Power – Cuadrilla hit with protests across the UK, campaigners condemn aggressive policing

Fracking in the UK: FOI’s show Lord Browne intervened to try and water down environmental regulations for Cuadrilla   Greenpeace UK  19aug13

Are you taking part in the fracking protests  - Guardian Witness

Energy policy  how not to win an argument   Editorial   Comment is free   The Guardian

No fracking on public lands!   Oil Change International

Polling shows only a quarter of Conservative voters want shale gas in their area 19aug13  Carbon Brief

Guest blog - interesting but flawed: Fracking has hardly any public support – but opponents have a tough choice   Carbon Brief

21aug13 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2398707/Man-leading-anti-fracking-protest-earns-money-writing-school-textbooks-CITIZENSHIP-brothers-QC.html

EQs: QUAKES: Fracking operations triggered 100 quakes in a year - environment - 19 August 2013 - New Scientist

Anti-fracking protests in Balcombe signal major shift in public awareness 19aug13  Environment   theguardian.com

Caroline Lucas among dozens arrested in Balcombe anti-fracking protest  19aug13 Environment   The Guardian

Caroline Lucas   Statement on arrest at Balcombe  19aug13

http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-fracture-over-fracking-060024397.html

http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/uncategorized/press-pack/
http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/RTP-press-pack.pdf

Would David Cameron welcome fracking in his constituency    Mail Online 13aug13

Tina Louise  Letter to Alison...  in response to:
Letter from the Chairman of Balcombe Parish Council Alison Stvenson 12aug13  Balcombe Parish Council

Fracking Vs. The Drought  They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil   ThinkProgress 12aug13

From pro-fracking James Verdon's blog: 12aug13 http://frackland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/a-message-from-balcombe-front-lines.html - but NB: 82-85% of Balcombe residents are aginst fracking (2 polls).

silicosis: Fracking Can Lead to Lung Cancer, US Scientists Claim - IBTimes UK 12aug13 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/498503/20130812/fracking-causes-lung-inflammation-scarring-cancer-workers.htm

The public need to be reliably informed on the pros and cons of fracking - Telegraph 3aug13 - with Gwen's letter

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/fracking-splits-public-opinion-icm-poll?CMP=twt_gu

Drilling & Fracking Time Lapse - YouTube

Government fears fracking 'backfire' over lack of staff and rigs - Business News - Business - The Independent

The shifting sands of opinion on fracking   Opinion   The Engineer 12aug13 - refers to Cameron's cliche'd article as well as the recent Nott Uni Q survey of public opinion which shows that public appear to be accepting Camerons lies about shale gas bringing down bills  
Putting our faith in a fracking dream is a dangerous mistake   Opinion  by Stehen Harris - Senior Reporter 19jul13 The Engineer - sees some sense

Greenpeace on David Cameron's fracking offensive   Greenpeace UK "Experts from Ofgem to Deutsche Bank to drilling company Cuadrilla itself  agree UK shale will not bring down bills, because unlike the US, the UK is part of a huge European gas market. "

Insanely wasteful polluting #flaring: #Fracking Flares Double In North Dakota http://ecowatch.com/2013/fracking-flares-double-in-north-dakota/ … - where are the regs? legislation?

Anthony R. Ingraffea, Ph.D., P.E. & Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering, Hollister Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 NYS_DEC_Proposed_REGS_comments_Ingraffea_Jan_2013 http://www.psehealthyenergy.org/data/NYS_DEC_Proposed_REGS_comments_Ingraffea_Jan_2013.pdf
"My comments and recommendations focus on two elements of the HVHFPR High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Proposed Regulations:
1. Those directly pertaining to emission of methane and other VOCs,  2. Those directly pertaining to well structural integrity"

PNAS: Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic  fracturing - by Osborn et al. 2011 http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.long

**** Good news on planning   www.refracktion.com 21jun13  http://www.refracktion.com/index.php/good-news-on-planning/
 The government’s consultation on the Growth & Infrastructure Bill was published today and includes this [see extract of text] from this pdf

Fracking hell!   Impartial Reporter   News   Roundup 21jun13  http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/06/21/401401-fracking-hell/

Shale gas won't stop peak oil, but could create an economic crisis   Nafeez Ahmed   Environment   guardian.co.uk 21jun13  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/21/shale-gas-peak-oil-economic-crisis

In time of drought, fracking competes with farmers » TckTckTck   The Global Call for Climate Action 20jun13  http://tcktcktck.org/2013/06/in-time-of-drought-fracking-competes-for-limited-water/53736

***** Game-Changing Fracking Wastewater Report Leaves Little Wiggle Room For Industry Deceptions – EcoWatch  Cutting Edge Environmental News Service 18jun13 http://ecowatch.com/2013/fracking-wastewater-report-for-industry-deceptions/ - re Jessica Ernst's 'Brief-review-of-threats-to-Canadas-groundwater-from-oil-gas-industrys-methane-migration-and-hydraulic-fracturing-v4.pdf' 16jun13 http://www.ernstversusencana.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Brief-review-of-threats-to-Canadas-groundwater-from-oil-gas-industrys-methane-migration-and-hydraulic-fracturing-v4.pdf 
 - much of this report is likely to be related to CBM fracking not shale fracking, and of the CBM fracking - much may include shallow CBM fracking. Bear this in mind. However the methods are mostly the same for both CBM & shale gas fracking.

Carbon Commentary · Fracking for geothermal energy as important as fracking for gas 7dec12  by Chris Goodall http://www.carboncommentary.com/2012/12/07/2654 via ?Verdon - in tweet conversation with Gwen

The LlewBlog - Bloggage - Fracked Up 20jun13 in response to Iain Stewart's Horizon on fracking http://llewblog.squarespace.com/journal/2013/6/20/fracked-up.html

  comment below by SGE - Shale Gas Europe - is worth reading as they state: '

Open storage ponds are banned in the UK and flowback water would be stored in closed metal tanks before being treated. This is the same process as the many other industries using chemicals present in the UK today. There will therefore not be million gallon ponds of toxic water across the UK.

Also, on the point that "chemicals of such skin peeling toxicity that no one is allowed to know what they are". Yesterday OGP launched www.ngsfacts.org which discloses to the public the chemicals used in specific shale gas wells in Europe. This is alongside disclosure to national regulators. The industry is being open and transparent about the chemicals used.

 - via Iain Stewart. But debatable as to whether worth the time reading: as concluding paragraph is so ridiculous that it reveals he has been putting a spin in his interpretation to try and gently lead you into being persuaded by an absurd conclusion. It's rightly anti-coal, but last paragraph suggests we turn a blind eye to the oil industry - one of the main leading forces in preventing legislative action on climate change! - which is so absurd as to weaken credibility of whole piece.  It's now out of date re US gas prices.

Horizon  Fracking - the New Energy Rush, BBC Two, review - Telegraph 20jun13  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10129653/Horizon-Fracking-the-New-Energy-Rush-BBC-Two-review.html 

* 19jun13 Illinois Adopts Nation's Strictest Fracking Regulations   ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/19/2177811/illinois-adopts-nations-strictest-fracking-regulations/ via Gwen

***** Shell  Global Mega-Frackers 14jun13 Platform  http://platformlondon.org/p-publications/shell-global-mega-frackers/ 

** Three reasons not to get too excited about the UK’s shale oil and gas prospects   Carbon Brief Mat Hope 11jun13 http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/06/three-reasons-not-to-get-too-excited-about-the-uk%E2%80%99s-shale-oil-and-gas-prospects
The UK's geology adds to the difficulty. Nicholas Riley, team leader for unconventional gas at the British Geological Survey, explained to us that "faulting and changes in the rock type both vertically and horizontally" mean the fuel pools are more separated in the UK. This is why "drilling and completion costs for shale wells are substantially higher" than in North America, according to the EIA.

**** BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, Fracking  The New Energy Rush http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02zldds

*** Horizon  Fracking – The New Energy Rush review - Time Out London http://www.timeout.com/london/tv-reviews/horizon-fracking-the-new-energy-rush

**** SchNEWS - Direct Action Newsheet http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Now-UCG-it.../

****64% of EU citizens against development of Shale Gas   Alliance Against Fracking in Ireland http://goodenergiesalliance.com/2013/06/15/64-of-eu-citizens-against-development-of-shale-gas/ 

**** Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy http://www.psehealthyenergy.org/site/show_list/id/17 - via 

**** Fracking Tied to Unusual Rise in Earthquakes in U.S. - Bloomberg 12apr12   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/earthquake-outbreak-in-central-u-s-tied-to-drilling-wastewater.html via

*** Sunday Times review of DEP drilling records reveals water damage, murky testing methods - News - The Times-Tribune 19may13  http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/sunday-times-review-of-dep-drilling-records-reveals-water-damage-murky-testing-methods-1.1491547 via Prof Iain Stewart

Fracking Is Already Straining U.S. Water Supplies   ThinkProgress 15jun13  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/15/2163531/fracking-is-already-straining-us-water-supplies/ e.g.Colorado   Ceres

COST of fracking: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-13/shale-drillers-squeeze-costs-as-era-of-exploration-ends-energy.html

Centrica's stake in Cuadrilla says much about UK shale gas industry   Environment   guardian.co.uk 14jun13 Fiona Harvey  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/14/centrica-cuadrilla-uk-shale-gas-industry?CMP=twt_fd FH writes: "Gas is not a low-carbon fuel, whatever its proponents may claim. It is a fossil fuel, and greenhouse gas emissions from fracking are higher than from conventional gas. If it is not carried out properly - ensuring no methane leaks out - they can even be higher than the emissions from burning coal."

Centrica Buys Stake in Shale Gas Licenses in Northwest England - Bloomberg 13jun13  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-13/centrica-buys-stake-in-shale-gas-licenses-in-northwest-england.html

British Gas owner Centrica agrees £160m Bowland shale fracking deal   Business   guardian.co.uk 13jun13  http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/13/british-gas-centrica-bowland-shale-fracking

Shale gas investments 'could be worth £4bn a year to UK economy'   Environment   guardian.co.uk 22may13
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/22/shale-gas-investments-uk-economy Tony Bosworth, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "This industry-funded report paints a completely distorted view of the benefits of shale gas development in Britain. Shale gas extraction will have a major impact on local communities, undermine efforts to tackle climate change and do little to tackle soaring fuel bills. We should be embarking on a clean energy revolution to develop the huge potential from the wind, waves and sun - not rushing further down the dead end street of fossil fuel production."

Cuadrilla PR man admits George Osborne's shale gas revolution won’t cut energy bills - Green Living - Environment - The Independent 12jun13   http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/cuadrilla-pr-man-admits-george-osbornes-shale-gas-revolution-wont-cut-energy-bills-8656246.html
 Mark Linder of Bell Pottinger somewhat shoots his Cuadrilla clients in the foot!

*** Balcombe or bullshit Greenpeace UK 24may13  http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/balcombe-or-bullshit-20130524

EU gets powerful mandate to regulate shale gas - Energy Post   Energy Post 11jun13 http://www.energypost.eu/index.php/eu-gets-powerful-mandate-to-regulate-shale-gas/

 https://www.facebook.com/notes/frack-free-sussex/excellent-letter-from-keith-taylor-mep-to-the-environment-agency-7th-june-2013/437646042997453

Keith Taylor  MEP Letter-to-EA_Caudrilla-drilling-license_07062013 http://www.keithtaylormep.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-EA_Caudrilla-drilling-license_07062013.pdf

* EU gets powerful mandate to regulate shale gas - Energy Post   Energy Post 11jun13 by Business Green http://www.energypost.eu/index.php/eu-gets-powerful-mandate-to-regulate-shale-gas/

The shale gas revolution  the winners to buy and the losers to avoid - MoneyWeek 10jun13 Matthew Partridge - see my comment below (unless it has been removed by moderator) http://moneyweek.com/the-shale-gas-revolution-the-winners-to-buy-and-the-losers-to-avoid/#comment-41361

Caution and Hurdles Remain Over UK Shale Gas Reserves and Industry - IBTimes UK 10jun13  http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/476636/20130610/uk-shale-gas-fracking-appg-decc-licences.htm

Chevron Among Drillers Facing Gas Wells Nuisance Lawsuit - Bloomberg 10jun13 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-07/chevron-among-drillers-facing-suit-over-nuisance-gas-wells.html

Current High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Bans and Moratoria in NY State  http://www.fractracker.org/maps/ny-moratoria/

* Wind farm planning  Crackdown, what crackdown    10jun13 http://blog.trillionfund.com/2013/06/10/wind-farm-planning-crackdown-what-crackdown/#.UbcQ0eesg4u

British Gas owner poised for role in UK fracking - Business News - Business - The Independent 8jun13 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/british-gas-owner-poised-for-role-in-uk-fracking-8650493.html

BBC News - Centrica in shale gas stake talks with Cuadrilla 7jun13 John Moylan Industry correspondent, BBC News  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22810517  John Moylan Industry correspondent, BBC News     <<<< very pro-industry biased - I tweeted him & BBC

Local planning and onshore wind - Written statements to Parliament - Inside Government - GOV.UK 6jun13  https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-planning-and-onshore-wind

in-cumbria   Home   Communities get new powers to block windfarms 6jun13 http://www.in-cumbria.com/home/communities-get-new-powers-to-block-windfarms-1.1060824?referrerPath=home

BBC News - Local communities offered more say over wind farms 6jun13 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22791815

*** Locals can now veto windfarms: so what about fracking?    Damian Carrington   Environment   guardian.co.uk 6jun13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/jun/06/wind-farms-shale-gas-fracking-energy?CMP=twt_gu

French Fracking Ban Endorsed on U.S. Environmental Repercussions - Bloomberg 5jun13 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/french-fracking-ban-endorsed-on-u-s-environmental-repercussions.html
“The reality is that the cost of producing gas doesn’t take into account considerable environmental damage.” Earthquakes, aquifer pollution, heavy metal contamination, increased truck traffic and damage to the countryside are consequences of fracking, the minister said.

 Refers to recent C2ES report http://www.c2es.org/docUploads/leveraging-natural-gas-reduce-ghg-emissions.pdf & to: Anthony Ingraffea, a Cornell University engineer and co-author of one of the first studies flagging up methane leaks from natural gas, said it was a mistake to incorporate natural gas into a climate change plan. ShaleGasGreenhouseGasFootprint http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth/web/Marcellus.html

Fracking firm gets licence to drill near Sandwich, Kent   This is Kent http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/story-19133762-detail/story.html#axzz2UldPCaOZ Presently, Coastal Oil & Gas would need planning permission from Dover District Council before drilling any wells. However the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, passed in Westminster at the end of April, contains secondary legislation which would move energy-related planning decisions out of local government hands and into those of the Secretary of State. This "fast-tracking" could see fracking arrive in Dover without local residents having a say, according to Greenpeace.

 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/the-deep-end/2013/05/the-rightwing-consensus-on-shale-gas-is-about-to-be-torn-apart.html  <<< sickening

Nationwide Air Sampling Confirms 'Methane Emissions Across Large Parts Of The U.S. Are Higher Than Currently Known'   ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/03/2080621/nationwide-air-sampling-confirms-methane-emissions-across-large-parts-of-the-us-are-higher-than-currently-known/ "Rough estimation of emissions from the data suggests 10-20 percent of the methane emissions from Los Angeles could be natural geologic, influenced by the vast number of abandoned wells throughout the area.

Proof That Fracking Pollutes The Water Supply - YouTube may13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZtL6KId3A&feature=youtu.be

** Cheap shale gas bubble 'will burst within 2-4 years'  Expert   EurActiv 23may13  http://www.euractiv.com/energy/expert-cheap-shale-gas-bubble-bu-news-519931#.UaXbNV-EoFU.twitter

Who owns the rights to drill for gas in the UK    Greenpeace UK 3mar13 http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/investigations/who-owns-rights-drill-gas-uk  CNOOC China 

We’re Being Watched   Earth Island Journal   Earth Island Institute  http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/we_are_being_watched/

Think Fracking Is Bad  Wait Until You Hear about the Gas Industry's  Acid Jobs    Common Dreams 28may13 http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/28-3
 HF but ...    

Fracking accident leaks benzene into Colorado stream   Grist 2.may13 http://grist.org/news/fracking-accident-frack-cident-leaks-benzene-into-colorado-stream/

Shale gas investments 'could be worth £4bn a year to UK economy'   Environment   guardian.co.uk 22may13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/22/shale-gas-investments-uk-economy  Corin Taylor, senior economic advisor at the IoD and lead author of the report, said: "Shale gas could be a new North Sea for Britain, ... But green campaigners pointed out that the report had been sponsored by Cuadrilla, ...Tony Bosworth, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "This industry-funded report paints a completely distorted view of the benefits of shale gas development in Britain. Shale gas extraction will have a major impact on local communities, undermine efforts to tackle climate change and do little to tackle soaring fuel bills.

Energy future may be swamped in fracking wastewater, scientists warn   Ernst v. EnCana Corporation 16may13
http://www.ernstversusencana.ca/energy-future-may-be-swamped-in-fracking-wastewater-scientists-warn

Plans for gas development delayed as talks break down - Rob Edwards 20may13 re Dart Energy Falkirk etc http://www.robedwards.com/2013/05/plans-for-gas-development-delayed-as-talks-break-down.html

“You’ve Been Fracked !”      http://blog.shaleshockmedia.org/2013/05/16/youve-been-fracked/ 

Letters » The Spectator 16may13 http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-week/letters/8909011/letters-283/

Is The US Shale Boom Already Over    Economy Watch http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/is-the-us-shale-boom-already-over.10-05.html

'Grassroots campaigns can stop fracking one town at a time - City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to follow  Richard Schiffman  13may13 Comment is free   guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/13/fracking-new-york-grassroots-campaign-to-stop "...the drilling of over 150,000 wells for natural gas has transformed large swaths of rural Pennsylvania into what basically are industrial zones, bristling with monster trucks, wastewater ponds, and traffic jams. Air pollution is higher in counties with drilling than those without and residents complain about round-the-clock noise. ...  Terry Gipson, a New York state senator ... Gipson asks:  "Envision a time when the trucks are gone, the lease money is spent, the trailers and the diners are empty, and all that is left is unusable farm land with a contaminated water supply. What will these people do then?"  ......... But earlier this month the state supreme court disagreed, ruling that the town of Dryden has the right to prohibit fracking within its borders.  This decision may turn out to be the nail in the coffin for fracking in New York state. If their investment can be rendered worthless by a local town council's vote, gas companies may now be reluctant to spend millions of dollars leasing drill sites.   ......  John Armstrong, of the coalition New Yorkers Against Fracking (NYAF), told me that ever since then, there has been a spontaneous groundswell of "hundreds of kitchen table organizations petitioning and holding public meetings to educate the public on the dangers of fracking". ... Sue Rapp, the co-founder of Vestal Residents for Safe Energy (VeRSE) ...She said that many residents need little convincing, since they have seen homes in Pennsylvania with 500-gallon "water buffaloes" – plastic tankards full of drinking water sitting on their front lawns. She says that they've seen how property values plummet, banks revoke mortgages and natural landscapes are altered. Already, endless caravans of trucks barrel through their own town, kicking up dust as they head to Pennsylvania to service the gas industry." 

  Almost half the wells tested at the Tara field in Queenslandshow some sign of leakage, reports the Queensland Mines Department. Over 5,000 coal bed methane (CBM) wells have been drilled in Queensland over the last few years, and tens of thousands more are planned.  The Tara field is owned by BG Group, on whose board sits Baroness Hogg. The Baroness is also a non-executive director at the UK Treasury, where she was appointed byLord John Browne, chairman of UK fracker Cuadrilla Resources. Browne himself also works in the Cabinet Office.

Camp Frack 2 was vg: useful, inspiring & great atmosphere - despite 1. the poor weather and 2. the low atten
dance - maybe due to 1.? Met some good people with much expertise/knowledge  (incl.1st hand experience) and learnt a lot. But the more I learn - the more bad aspects of fracking I learn - not counterbalanced by any "good" aspects (unless you count profits to a few as being "good"). Gwen & I from SLACC only attended on Saturday, not Sunday. https://www.facebook.com/events/124894184355311/?utm_source=South+Lakes+Action+on+Climate+Change+monthly+newsletter&utm_campaign=ebef6fd243-SLACC_TT_April2013_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c9da23519-ebef6fd243-6873185
 Camp Frack Programme http://www.campfrack.org/?page_id=9 No to fracking. Yes to 1 million climate jobs

1,000 trillion reasons why we can't ignore fracking, says 'Mr Frack' Francis Egan - Chief Executive of Cuadrilla  Mail Online 11may13 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2323084/1-000-trillion-reasons-ignore-fracking-says-Mr-Frack.html - he lives in Cheshire

Lynton Crosby lobbying row number THREE  David Cameron aide's links to fracking firm revealed - Mirror Online 10may13 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lynton-crosby-lobbying-row-number-1879248

Shell funds shale gas research at Oxford University   Extreme Energy Initiative 9may13 http://extremeenergy.org/2013/05/09/shell-funds-shale-gas-research-at-oxford-university/

Shale gas  green groups condemn methane flaring plans for wellsThe Guardian confirms that two leading fracking companies have plans to flare excess gas at sites in Lancashire and West Sussex   Environment   The Guardian 9may13 Fiona Harvey
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/09/shale-gas-fracking-gas-flare?CMP=twt_gu

Coming to sites across the UK soon – fracking flares - IGas chief warns that any production of shale gas would involve 'flaring off' leakages Climate Change - Environment - The Independent  9may13 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/coming-to-sites-across-the-uk-soon--fracking-flares-8609940.html

John Pugh MP [LibDem] - 'Planning for a big local win from Shale gas'  ePolitix.com 9may13 Southport MP Dr John Pugh writes about the potential economic impact of fracking in his constituency. He is clear that the money must stay in the North West and not be siphoned off to London. http://centrallobby.politicshome.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/john-pugh-mp-planning-for-a-big-local-win-from-shale-gas/

EXCLUSIVE  Cuadrilla to drill exploration well at Balcombe - News - Mid Sussex Times 8may13  http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/exclusive-cuadrilla-to-drill-exploration-well-at-balcombe-1-5071482

On May 20th: A license to drill  Is Australia’s present Britain’s future?    Extreme Energy Initiative http://extremeenergy.org/event/a-license-to-drill-social-resistance-to-unconventional-gas-activities-is-australias-present-britains-future/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/01/whatever-you-think-of-fracking

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-assembly-panel-backs-halt-to-fracking-20130429,0,7661398.story

UK Govt demonstrates a frightening lack of concern for environment   Benvironment 2012? http://benvironment.org.uk/post/9881777250/insanefracking

Fracking and gas: chemistry of ozone and air pollution explained http://www.opednews.com/articles/Have-Another-Hit-of-Fracke-by-j-dial-130427-82.html

* Fracking firms should offer sweeteners to locals, say MPs   Environment   The Guardian Fiona Harvey and Terry Macalister The Guardian, Friday 26 April 2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/26/fracking-sweeteners-locals “Tim Yeo, chairman of the committee, said: "We believe the UK's shale resources should be exploited, but that looks difficult given local opposition to drilling. There has to be a way of getting to communities."” - This is v bad news - how can he promote a project that is so inconsistent with his 2030decarb amendment for Energy Bill?! Also: “papers seen by the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act show the company [Cuadrilla] has written to ministers calling for taxpayers to foot the bill for incentives.”!! FoE & Greenpeace appear to fail to attack the sweeteners as being bribes: why?   But some good news: Meanwhile, global insurance broker Marsh: Andrew George, chairman of Marsh's energy practice, said the chances of an accident were not high but the stakes had never been higher, whether it was fracking for shale, drilling deep-water wells or working in the Arctic. "Reputational risk must be factored in much, much more. In the internet age a well can blow out in the morning and a company's survival could be at stake in the afternoon."  ... exploration companies had to recognise the scale of the new risks and insure themselves accordingly. Asked whether some were failing to do this, he would only say: "Different kinds of buyers [oil companies] have different levels of sophistication."  In a statement ahead of a new report – Managing Risk on the New Frontiers of Energy Exploration – Marsh said oil and gas companies had the capacity to blow off course the whole global economy by getting into trouble.  It said one single accident could trigger a wider drilling ban or financially sink a business: "While the global energy sector is playing an increasingly pivotal role in stimulating economic recovery, the industry's failure to mitigate the risks associated with the new frontiers in exploration and production could jeopardise future growth."

New fossil fuel frontiers pose 'catastrophic' threat to global recovery - Warning comes amid a debate over dangers surrounding fracking, deepwater exploration and Arctic shelf development Terry Macalister

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 April 2013 16.24 BST Environment   guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/25/fossil-fuel-threat-global-recovery The Marsh report, Managing Risk on the New Frontiers of Energy Exploration, concludes that reputational damage from a blowout in the Arctic would probably be irreparable and would inevitably be followed by a drilling moratorium.  The growing determination to exploit reserves in the environmentally sensitive region was underlined on Thursday by the Russian state-owned group Rosneft, in which BP is buying a 20% stake.  "I think the development of the Arctic shelf is going to be one of the pillars of the expansion of shareholder value," said Svyatoslav Slavinsky, the company's chief financial officer in a interview with Bloomberg television.  "How are we going to achieve that? First of all there is substantial growth that we have seen in production coming our way. We know it is a long-term perspective, however, the start of that is happening now. The first well will drill in 2014 and we expect to start producing oil five or six years down the road," he added.

 UK shale gas bonanza 'not assured' 26apr13 by Roger Harrabin, Environment analyst, BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22300050 RH spoke a subset of c. the same words as these on BBCR4 at c. 7:10am on 26apr13 Unfortunately, under his section ‘Cash sweeteners’ Harrabin wrote: “They urge the government to stop "dithering" over energy policy, though, and to ensure there is a system to rebut what "scare stories" may arise over the environmental impacts of shale gas.  And they applaud the government's decision to offer cash sweeteners to people near shale gas facilities.” By they - he is meaning “the MPs” = MPs within The Energy and Climate Change Committee. - This is extremely disappointing - that this should come from The E&CCC. Why didn’t Harrabin find out why the need for sweeteners rather than an accurate portrayal of the real negative effects - both definite and potential. The true risks.

 
Opinion  Don't let America get 'fracked' - CNN.com 25apr13 by Phil Radford - the executive director of Greenpeace and Mark Ruffalo - an actor and anti-fracking activist.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/radford-ruffalo-natural-gas-fracking/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

These New Yorkers have seen other communities in neighboring states like Pennsylvania run over by an industry that promised them heaps of cash, but instead the communities report groundwater contamination, contaminated flow-back waste, road-ripping truck traffic and clouds of cancer-causing chemicals.   ...... In addition, a recent study led by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association showed that natural gas production sites in places like Utah and Colorado are leaking methane at "eye-popping" rates, far greater than what the industry reports.

 
** Fracking 'unlikely to give UK cheap gas'- 'Cross-party group pours cold water on Osborne's hopes shale gas will solve energy problems', report says - Business News - Business - The Independent 22apr13 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/fracking-unlikely-to-give-uk-cheap-gas-report-says-8582089.html  "A UK shale price boom will have little to no bearing on the energy price in this country, the report argues, because the gas can be exported through pipes to Europe where the prices are higher or by being frozen to 1/600th of its size and shipped further afield to Asia in the form of liquefied natural gas for an even higher price. As a result, the UK price is likely to rise at least to European levels." & " report by Carbon Connect, a steering group of industry and academic experts chaired jointly by Mr Hendry, a Conservative MP, and Baroness Worthington, Labour's Energy and Climate Change spokesperson in the House of Lords." No wonder Charles Hendry was relieved of his post - he appeared to want to be honest about shale gas exploitation!

 
Future Electricity Series Part 1: Power from Fossil Fuels A report by Carbon Connect http://www.policyconnect.org.uk/sites/default/files/PowerFromFossilFuels.pdf  Future Electricity Series Co-Chairs Baroness Worthington and Charles Hendry MP "chapter five addresses the much discussed topic of shale gas and its development in the UK. It finds that the size and economic viability of shale gas reserves in the UK are highly uncertain, large scale production would be unlikely for at least a decade, and any impacts on the price the UK pays for gas are likely to be negligible."- part of Foreward, which has names of Hendry & Worthington at the end - implying that they either co-wrote it or agreed to it! "There are environmental risks arising from hydraulic fracturing that are still poorly understood – potential groundwater contamination from fracking fluid, and the level of

fugitive methane emissions among them. Shale gas extraction requires significant volumes of water, produces local pollution and carries the risk of surface water contamination." Re likely effect of shale gas exploitation in UK on UK gas prices: "Our liberalised and highly interconnected market would prevent prices remaining artificially low compared with neighbouring markets." p.62: a whole chapter on Shale Gas.

9dec11 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/09/epa-reports-fracking-groundwater-pollution

 Bad title to otherwise good piece: Shale gas could be lower carbon than imported fuel, say climate advisers [ CCC ] Fiona Harvey Environment   guardian.co.uk 24apr13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/24/shale-gas-low-carbon-fuel

 
Jeffrey Sachs: "Even the much-heralded shale-gas revolution is a lot of hype – similar to the gold rushes and stock bubbles of the past. Shale-gas wells deplete far more rapidly than conventional fields do. And they are environmentally dirty to boot." in http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/building-a-twenty-first-century-global-energy-system-by-jeffrey-d--sachs#k85TMKhMSiQ7yTDQ.99  "

FLARING http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/09/shale-gas-fracking-gas-flare?INTCMP=SRCH

 
** 22apr13 http://frack-off.org.uk/fracking-greenwash-revenge-of-the-frackademics/

44 percent of wells leaking at UK Treasury director [Baroness Hogg]’s gasfield  Australian government   Frack Off 20apr13 http://frack-off.org.uk/44-percent-of-wells-leaking-at-uk-treasury-directors-gasfield-australian-government/ - Baroness Hogg was appointed there by Cuadrilla's head Lord Browne under his remit in Cabinet Office to appoint people of his choice within all Gov Departments (to increase the pervasiveness of the gassy/oily undemocratic infestation)

Is Africa being sold for a handful of glass beads    Critical Thought by Jonathan Deal @TimelessKaroo   http://criticalthought.co.za/is-africa-being-sold-for-a-handful-of-glass-beads/ & see Treasure Karoo Action Group - Home http://www.treasurethekaroo.co.za/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/investors-tackle-hidden-climate-impact-natural-gas

9apr13 http://newmatilda.com/2013/04/09/gas-drillers-have-new-foe

REFRACTION http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=04796a80f2b59cb632d264095&id=1b54a717c1&e

Fracking could hit house prices, warn surveyors - Estate Agent Today 15apr13

http://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/Widespread-fracking-could-hit-house-prices-warn-surveyors

 HSE responds to New Statesman article on fracking http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/record/2013/newstatesman200313.htm?eban=govdel-putting-the-record-straight&cr=20-Mar-2013

 
https://twitter.com/EcoWatch - vg tweets but too prolific for me to follow - many on fracking

2 great names for new US Bills: Polis’ bill, the “Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effect (BREATHE) Act” (H.R. 1154) is based on the premise that oil and gas wells and their associated infrastructure can cause significant air pollution & Cartwright’s bill, the “Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater Runoff Through Hydraulic Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act” (H.R. 1175), would require stormwater runoff permits for oil and gas construction and operations to protect surface water resources.  This is essential because rain causes runoff from fracking sites that can contain sediment and other pollutants which end up in nearby waters. Via Climate Progress -Joe Romm.

www.energywatchgroup.org EWG report March 2013 - ‘Fossil and Nuclear Fuels - the Supply Outlook’ pdf v useful eg on shale gas fracking etc. I’ve downloaded it (in fracking shale gas folder)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/shale-gas

SHALE BUBBLE http://shalebubble.org/

http://tarascienceblog.wordpress.com/the-frack-fact-sheet/

Balcombe Vanessa Vine, a Balcombe resident, of Frack Free Sussex (FFS), fears for the ecological future around the site as it is near the London to Brighton railway line, the River Ouse, Ardingly Reservoir, and a Grade II listed viaduct. “The threat is not only to our seismic security, but puts in jeopardy our wild ecology, our farmland and thereby our health, through industrialisation of our landscape and resultant contamination of soil, air and groundwater,” she said. “It beggars belief that our legislators appear set to allow hydraulic fracturing to be carried out.” 

An Open Letter to the New York Farm Bureau [from a farmer] http://nyagainstfracking.org/an-open-letter-to-the-new-york-farm-bureau/ refers to A study titled Marcellus Shale Drilling’s Impact on the Dairy Industry in Pennsylvania: A Descriptive Report, was published in February 2013 in the peer reviewed journal New Solutions.

Family says gas drilling turning paradise home into nightmare   Investigations - WTAE Home 29mar13 re Headley

http://www.wtae.com/news/local/investigations/Family-says-gas-drilling-turning-paradise-home-into-nightmare/-/12023024/19524746/-/item/0/-/bl6p54/-/index.html

 
New Study Exposes How Natural Gas Isn't the Clean Fossil Fuel It's Hyped up to Be   Alternet 27mar13 http://www.alternet.org/fracking/new-study-exposes-how-natural-gas-isnt-clean-fossil-fuel-its-hyped-be

 
Sand From Fracking Could Pose Lung Disease Risk To Workers   Shots - Health News   NPR 29mar13 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/29/175042708/Sand-From-Fracking-Operations-Poses-Silicosis-Risk

Democracy in Action as Fracking is Voted Down in Colorado Springs – EcoWatch  Cutting Edge Environmental News Service 29mar13 http://ecowatch.com/2013/fracking-voted-down-colorado-springs/

UK Budget 2013  Shale Gas Tax Breaks   Extreme Energy Initiative  http://extremeenergy.org/2013/03/26/uk-budget-2013/

CCC Minerals & waste plan http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning-environment/policy/minerals_waste/MWLP/Consultation.asp

Cuadrilla to Hayes letter https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/79201/080213Cuad.pdf

Budget 2013  George Osborne commits to UK shale gas boom   Environment   The Guardian 20mar13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/20/budget-2013-george-osborne-shale-gas-boom

Friends of the Earth  Budget 2013 - Friends of the Earth reaction 20mar13 http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/budget_2013_20032013.html

Chesapeake names interim chief executive - FT.com 29mar13 by Ed Crooks in New York http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/811d59ea-98c3-11e2-a853-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2OyVzRVB1 “Chesapeake Energy ... the second-largest gas producer in the US .. its large debt burden and ... opaque finances “Longstanding concerns about corporate governance”

UK shale gas no “get out of jail free card” on Environmental Expert http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/uk-shale-gas-no-get-out-of-jail-free-card-357363

REAF - Ribble Estuary Against Fracking - News  Community excluded in fracking risk assessment sham http://reaf.org.uk/news.php?readmore=61

Long-Term Costs Of Fracking Are Staggering   ThinkProgress 19mar13

Fracking communities should get incentives, says minister [ Hayes ]  Environment   The Guardian 18mar13  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/18/fracking-communities-incentives-minister?INTCMP=SRCH

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/19/1742171/long-term-costs-of-fracking-are-staggering/

http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/judge-rules-in-favor-of-journalists-unseals-fracking-court-records

http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_22827696/colorado-docs-chafe-at-secrecy-oath-needed-access#ixzz2O6YYrCkU

More Threats From Fracking  Radioactive Waste   Common Dreams 25jan13 https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/25-6

25mar13 www.oilprice.com - http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Will-Rising-Natural-Gas-Prices-End-the-US-Shale-Revolution.html

Any Rowell http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/26/40-of-us-frack-gas-could-be-exported/

PUSH EUROPE http://pusheurope.eu/media/poland-shale-gas/

http://www.rtcc.org/polish-governent-accused-of-stifling-national-shale-gas-debate/

Environmentalists Cry Foul Over New 'Partnership' Announced Between Enviros and Drillers in the Marcellus Shale   Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/fracking/environmentalists-cry-foul-over-new-partnership-announced-between-enviros-and-drillers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+hempbuzzViaBuzz+(%22HempBuzz%22+via+Buzz)

MENDIPS http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/5370593

*** Fracking go ahead  Five differences between the US and UK   Greenpeace UK Fracking go ahead  Five differences between the US and UK   Greenpeace UK http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/analysis/fracking-go-ahead-four-differences-between-us-and-uk

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/world/europe/more-earthquakes-in-loppersum-the-netherlands.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&  - NB - not fracking

http://grist.org/news/ohio-fracking-boom-has-not-brought-jobs/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/17/anti-fracking-activists-trespass

Roger Williams MP writes…Why I’m backing Tim Yeo’s Energy Bill amendments – and urging my colleagues to join me  21mar13 http://www.libdemvoice.org/roger-williams-mp-writeswhy-im-backing-tim-yeos-energy-bill-amendments-and-urging-my-colleagues-to-join-me-33794.html

America's shale energy revolution is another Ponzi fraud — RT Op-Edge 21mar13 http://rt.com/op-edge/us-shale-revolution-ponzi-fraud-549/ - but surely he’s wrong re rising gas prices in US. Others say they’ve been falling due to overproduction?

Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records   Earthjustice  20mar13 http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/judge-rules-in-favor-of-journalists-unseals-fracking-court-records

New Office to look at community benefits for shale gas projects - Press releases - Inside Government - GOV.UK 20mar13 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-office-to-look-at-community-benefits-for-shale-gas-projects

Fracking  the new gold rush 21mar13 http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2013/03/fracking-new-gold-rush  very very wordy

Budget 2013  'Fracking' wins Government backing - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk 20mar13 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/budget-2013-fracking-wins-government-backing-29143916.html

Osborne throws down the fracking gauntlet – so the gloves are off from now on!!   Bridgend Green Party 20mar13 http://bridgendgreens.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/osborne-throws-down-the-fracking-gauntlet-so-the-gloves-are-off-from-now-on/

Osborne Budget speech http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rdbkm/Budget_2013/

1:00:57 Energy

1:02:22 “I also want Britain to tap into new sources of low cost energy like shale gas. So I am introducing a generous new tax regime including a ‘shale gas field allowance’ to promote early investment. And by the summer new planning guidance will be available alongside specific proposals to allow local communities to benefit. Shale gas is part of the future and we will make it happen.”

Bribes?: ‘Fracking communities should get incentives, says minister - Energy minister John Hayes does not say whether handouts should come from taxpayer or fracking companies’  Fiona Harvey & Damian Carrington 18mar13 Environment   The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/18/fracking-communities-incentives-minister?CMP=twt_gu

The Fracked-up USA Shale Gas Bubble   Global Research 13mar13 via RAFF tweet

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-fracked-up-usa-shale-gas-bubble/5326504

* Fracking company Cuadrilla halts operations at Lancashire drilling site   Environment   The Guardian 13mar13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/13/fracking-cuadrilla-halts-operations-lancashire?CMP=twt_fd The events leading to the rebuke began when casing of a well drilled at the Preese Hall site was damaged by an earthquake caused by its drilling on 1 April 2011. The deformation in the well was discovered in routine investigations a few days later. Deformation of well casings can be serious, causing gas or fracking fluids – water and chemicals – to leak. In this case the integrity of the well was not compromised and there were no leaks or danger of contamination.

* So why have Cuadrilla suddenly decided on doing EIAs?    www.refracktion.com 13mar13 http://www.refracktion.com/index.php/so-why-have-cuadrilla-suddenly-decided-on-doing-eias/

RAFF Residents action on FyldeFracking. #Cuadrilla., Lancashire fracking delayed until 2014 clip of BBC local radio interviewing Cuadrilla CEO and RAFF’s Tina

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29950031#utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=29950031&utm_medium=social

‘Fracking stalls to conduct impact study’ - Local Business - Blackpool Gazette 13mar13

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/business-news/local-business/fracking-stalls-to-conduct-impact-study-1-5493283

*** UK unveils Office of unconventional gas & oil – another nail in the climate change coffin  - Kevin Anderson  kevinanderson.info12mar13  http://kevinanderson.info/blog/uks-office-of-unconventional-gas-oil-another-nail-in-the-climate-change-coffin/

Dec 2012. Prof Kevin Anderson of Tyndall Centre gives evidence on shale gas to UK Parliamentary committee   kevinanderson.info  http://kevinanderson.info/blog/anderson-gives-evidence-on-shale-gas-to-uk-parliamentary-committee/

UCG 20 Impacts of Underground Coal Gasification   Frack Off http://frack-off.org.uk/resource/20-impacts-of-underground-coal-gasification/

 
Jessica Ernst vs Encana http://www.ernstversusencana.ca/  - true facts 1^st hand - not sensationalism/scaremongering from 2^nd-hand mis-info as industry says

Prospect of fracking in Somerset unites unlikely coalition of protesters 12mar13 http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/12/prospect-fracking-somerset-coalition-protesters

Shale gas rush  the fracking companies hoping to strike it rich   Environment   guardian.co.uk 12mar13 Ian Griffiths http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/12/shale-gas-rush-fracking-companies?CMP=twt_gu

Lord Browne promises to invest 'whatever it takes' in UK fracking - Chairman of UK's only shale gas driller Cuadrilla says billions of pounds could be sunk into 'dash for gas' in defiance of critics 12mar13

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/12/lord-browne-uk-shale-gas

UK unveils Office of unconventional gas & oil – another nail in the climate change coffin -   kevinanderson.info  12mar13 http://kevinanderson.info/blog/uks-office-of-unconventional-gas-oil-another-nail-in-the-climate-change-coffin/  As the UK government establishes an Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil, Secretary of State for energy and climate change (Ed Davey) claims shale gas development is compatible with the UK’s international 2°C commitments; Tyndall Centre researchers disagree!  Yesterday (11 March 2013) I attended an event in Westminster with the title Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil: scoping the incentives and barriers to the development of unconventional gas and oil in the UK.

 
Fracking hell  Britain's gas rush - 12min video The Ecologist 28feb13 - industrialization of the rural landscape http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1823239/fracking_hell_britains_gas_rush.html?utm_source=GraphicMail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=NewsletterLink&utm_campaign=Ecologist+Newsletter+March+3013&utm_content=

eg threat to organic farming and salad growing  speaking eg Balcombelocals

FoE Friends of the Earth  Please tell Lancashire County Council you don't want fracking   Climate Change   Campaign Actions 8feb13  http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/lancashire_fracking_action_39055.html?ic_number=32877092&m_sourcecode=LM1302285&product=CAMP&utm_source=lyris&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email&MID=2331174&hq_e=el&hq_m=2331174&hq_l=3&hq_v=8e34891fec 

British Geological Survey  “Water contamination cannot be ruled out”   Frack Off  27jan13 http://frack-off.org.uk/british-geological-survey-water-contamination-cannot-be-ruled-out/

http://frack-off.org.uk/gas-mafia-infilitrates-greenest-government-ever/  - Lord Howell Lord Brown etc etc

 
Quebec’s St. Lawrence fracking ban challenged under NAFTA - The Globe and Mail 22nov12

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/quebecs-st-lawrence-fracking-ban-challenged-under-nafta/article5577331/

 Pro-fracking petition with fake signatures embarrasses gas association   Grist

http://grist.org/news/co-fracking-petition-a-fraud/#homescreen

Fears fracking could be  fast tracked - Peers and charities fear a change in the law will allow the Government to “fast track” fracking against the will of local communities.  - Telegraph Lousie Gray 23feb13 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9888565/Fears-fracking-could-be-fast-tracked.html “The Growth and Infrastructure Bill, currently going through the House of Lords, could allow exploration for shale gas to be considered as of “national significance”, meaning the Government can override local authorities to grant planning permission.”

** The Truth About Fracking - 8 Fracking Myths Debunked   Permaculture Magazine Zion Lights & Maddy Harland 20feb13 http://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/truth-about-fracking-8-fracking-myths-debunked  via Chris Rowley on fb.

Economist Debates  Fracking Feb2013 http://www.economist.com/debate/debates/overview/246

http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/935

North West Evening Mail   News   Fracking firms ‘could find South Cumbria attractive’ 16jan13 Gleaston area Roosecote http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/fracking-firms-could-find-south-cumbria-attractive-1.1028214?referrerPath=news “Nigel Smith, who works for the British Geological Survey, has said high organic carbon in rock samples in the Gleaston area – coupled with existing gas infrastructure – could make South Cumbria attractive to prospective exploration firms. A borehole, near Gleaston Castle Farm, was drilled in 1971 and another hole was drilled later by the BGS in Roosecote. Figures in a paper presented by the BGS showed high levels of total organic carbon in rock at the sites, as well as oilshows in Roosecote. Mr Smith said: “South Cumbria is on the NW margin of the main Carboniferous Pennine Basin, ...”

 
Campaign against CC write: "Industry denied previous research that 4% of methane could leak out during fracking. Devastating new research now suggests leakage of the potent greenhouse gas could be up to 9%, shattering claims of lower climate impact” ‘Bridge To Nowhere? NOAA Confirms High Methane Leakage Rate Up To 9% From Gas Fields, Gutting Climate Benefit’ 2jan13 Joe Romm http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/01/02/1388021/bridge-to-nowhere-noaa-confirms-high-methane-leakage-rate-up-to-9-from-gas-fields-gutting-climate-benefit

Vanessa Vine speaks very well vs fracking: Sky News - residents pour scorn on fracking plans 13.12.12 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTDml0kDlEI and fracking proponent dodges clear answer to safety and environment concerns.