Fears of fracking and over-development hitting the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP) have been highlighted in a major new survey on its future.
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/environment/fracking-fears-in-national-park-1-8159375
Month: October 2016
Shale waste insights
The leaders of Grant Township continue to fight a proposed injection well, despite setbacks including lawsuits.
Scottish government has fracking jitters but has no reservations over drilling for oil, says Alex Bell
The political worry is that if you show any encouragement to the process of getting gas out of the ground by pumping in high-pressure water, then you’ll be fracked at the polls.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-government-fracking-jitters-no-8957411
Clean Water is more than just cool
Right now the phrase of the season, especially among those seeking public office, is “Clean water is cool.” Forget about recent votes cast to take away home rule so Texas speculators would be enabled to frack Florida, or the state reps who publicly said just last year that “fracking is safe and that Sabal Trail is a done deal,” not to mention one of ours sponsoring a bill that would have given landscape corporations a pass on fertilizer regulations. Thankfully, that bill died.
http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/clean-water-more-just-cool
Sustaining shale: High court ruling will help industry in long run
While there will always be opposition to Marcellus Shale drilling, the industry must do a better job of cultivating public support and demonstrating that fracking can be done safely. That is why a state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday will be good for the industry in the long run.
Analysis | Court tosses gag rule for doctors in fracking cases
Lots of people live near factories that use chemicals.
Yet doctors treating people who think they’ve been poisoned by an industrial neighbor aren’t as limited as when treating sick people who live near fracking sites.
Why? State Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd asked and answered that question Wednesday.