Posts by Jonathan Whittaker

The new minerals plan is just one stage fracking companies have to go thorough. The Government has always planned for this to be easy. What is more alarming is that rather than protecting areas of outstanding natural beauty, the Government has removed yet another safeguard by making one minister responsible for the finial decision. We the public…

By Chris Dolmetsch, Freeman Klopott and Jim Efstathiou Jr. June 30 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Betty Liu reports that New York State’s highest court ruled that towns and cities can block hydraulic fracturing within their borders, upholding a six-year-old statewide moratorium on the practice. She speaks on “In The Loop.” New York’s cities and towns can…

1. Gov. Hickenlooper has drunk fracking fluid, so it’s not toxic. Reply: Different companies use different mixes in their fracking fluid, often tailoring it to the rocks they need to frack. A controlled small amount of known to be safe fracking fluid injested is NOT proof all fracking fluid is safe. Some sewage outflow water…

Review – Cheltenham Science Festival, Tuesday 3rd June 2014.

FOE: Notes on how to respond to the Government’s Strategic Environmental Assessment consultation The Government wants to launch a new licensing round for onshore oil and gas. These are held every few years and this round – the 14th – would open up a large area of the UK for licensing (see www.foe.co.uk/frackingmap for details…