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
Press Release: House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report on fracking shows they doesn’t understand Climate Change
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
Press release: All day event; expert speakers and election hustings
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
Press Release: Manchester University students vote against fracking
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
Press release: Barton Moss Camp cleared and site returned to nature
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
Vote for Anne Power and Barton Moss Camp in Observer Ethical Awards.
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
Press Release: Fracking is the roadblock to action on Climate Change
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
Press Release: Barton Moss anti-fracking camp ends with a party and litter-pick
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 …
Apr 09 2014
Press Release: Anti-fracking campaigners bombard Salford Council with Tweets after refusal to debate fracking
Despite a protest camp at Barton Moss for last five months, two huge demonstrations at there and 1500 people marching in Manchester City Centre when a 3000 name petition was collected and handed in the Cabinet of Salford Council still refusded to debate fracking. In response anti-fracking campaigners are to launch a Twitterstorm using the …
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