Jun 04 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester responds to plans due to be announced in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday that fracking is to be allowed under people’s homes without their permission. Martin Porter said “This is another admission by the government that they have lost the argument. Home owners will not be asked for permission because the …
Jun 01 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester is to call on the regions new Members of the European Parliament to oppose a free trade deal that could see the city sued if it bans fracking. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and the USA. The draft includes …
May 11 2014
Information delivery: During the morning we heard that shale gas produces 80g CO2 per KwHour energy generated. By contrast 5-20g CO2 per KwHour energy is generated by renewables. And the CBM(coal bed methane) leakage rate is even greater than the 3-7% fugitive emissions from Shale sourced methane gas. As it’s higher in the bedrock CBM …
May 08 2014
The House of Lords Economic Affairs report which endorsed fracking in the UK was noticeably light on the science of Climate Change. With one exception (Lord May of Oxford) the committee have a background in economics and banking and clearly have a poor grasp of Climate Change, which Lord Stern referred to as “a result …
May 07 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester is holding an all day event “Fracking and Climate Change” in the John Tocher Room of Manchester Mechanics Institute on Saturday 10 May from 11AM. Free entry, open to all. There will be expert speakers from 11AM including Dr Maria Sharmina of the Tyndall Centre and Jonathan Neale of the Campaign …
May 02 2014
The motion “this house supports fracking” was defeated at the Debating Society of Manchester University last night. The meeting heard speeches from Martin Porter from Frack Free Greater Manchester on the impact of fracking on climate change and from Bob Dennett from Frack Free Fylde on the local environmental risks. Nick Grealy, an oil and …
Apr 25 2014
All traces of Barton Moss Community Protection Camp have now been removed from Barton Moss Lane and the site has, as far as possible, been restored to how it was before the anti-fracking camp was set up last November. Local supporters have been working for the last week to pack up and clear the camp. …
Apr 23 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester is very pleased that the courage, resilience and peaceful nature of the campaign against Igas’ test drilling on Barton Moss has been recognised by the judges of this prestigious award. Local supporter Jackie Anderson of said “Its an incredible honour for the Camp to be nominated as they represent the epitome …
Apr 13 2014
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report (1) calls for rapid action to avoid dangerous Climate Change, Frack Free Greater Manchester warned that fracking is the roadblock to progress on genuinely low-carbon energy. The government is currently supporting fracking, which is a high-carbon fuel and is unlikely to be produced in significant quantities …
Apr 11 2014
The protest against test drilling by fracking company Igas on Barton Moss, Salford, Greater Manchester, is coming to an end. The camp has been on Barton Moss Lane since November last year with the Protectors delaying vehicles entering and leaving the site by daily ‘slow walks’ in front of the Igas vehicles. Igas’s operation by …
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