The battle over fracking in Britain shifted a gear on Thursday of last week. Fracking company Third Energy claimed to be ready to frack at any moment in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/45564/Third+Energy+ready+to+frack+South+Yorkshire+at+any+moment
Fracking company Cuadrilla plans to avoid future breaches of planning permission at its shale gas site by applying to change the rules, rather than its operations, it has told Lancashire County Council.
Supporting a Gas Exports Rule Are Recycled Industry Copy-Pastes. A review of the comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on its proposed rule to fast-track the export of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG
Bans on fracking are ‘madness’ and would deprive downtrodden areas in the North of England of billions of pounds in investment, the boss of a British chemicals giant claims.
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5027433/Chemicals-boss-attacks-mad-fracking-ban.html
As the 2018 state legislative session approaches, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida and our more than 6,000 supporting families are asking our elected officials to prioritize and pass bills that protect our most valued resource: our water.
https://www.usabreakingnews.net/2017/10/commentary-conservancy-calls-for-legislators-to-protect-water-resources-ban-fracking/
During the 2016-2017 Florida legislative session, the ban on fracking had strong support in the Senate but was held up in the House by a committee chaired by House Majority Leader Rep. Ray Rodrigues. Reason stated was his concern for individual land rights. This week, another bill has been introduced by Sen. Dana Young and a concurrent bill is expected in the House.
A new economic assessment of the impact hydraulic fracking would have on the Northern Territory shows the financial benefit does not warrant a lifting of the current moratorium, a Canberra-based think tank says.
Lifting Labor’s fracking ban in the Northern Territory could theoretically boost the local economy by as much as $17.5 billion or $674 million annually in real terms between next year and 2043, and create up to 13,600 jobs over the same period, according to a new study.
Tomorrow at Movie Tavern’s Denton location, a mini-festival of documentaries put on by Thin Line called Day of the Docs is free with registration. On the schedule at 5 p.m. is the second-ever public screening of Don’t Frack With Denton. The feature-length film by Garrett Graham and Candice Bernd debuted at VideoFest’s DocuFest this month. It’s a character-focused, linear tracing of Frack Free Denton’s evolution that begins with earnest first meetings at the Greenhouse restaurant and concludes with citizen’s arrests for civil disobedience as they blocked trucks in peaceful protest outside Vantage Energy in June of 2015.
https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2017/10/friday-double-feature-hold-your-breath-for-election-results-in-denton-and-london/
Two men who lay in the road and locked themselves in concrete this evening have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing the highway. The men were in Main Street, Kirby Misperton, from 5pm to 7pm. The road re-opened shortly after 7pm, after debris from the cutting was cleared from the road.
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/update/2017-10-27/concrete-fracking-protesters-arrested/