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[sidthelamp]

Mother-of-two puts UK MPs on legal notice for any harm from fracking

MPs who voted in favour of legislation to make fracking easier could be sued if people are harmed by the technique, following a legal notice sent by a mother-of-two from Gloucestershire.
Jojo Mehta, from the small village of Nympsfield, sent a Notice Before Action letter to all 657 UK MPs during the passage of the Infrastructure Bill in January.
The notice said fracking was likely to bring risks and harm to the UK. And it warned that if MPs voted for pro-fracking measures they were potentially in breach of their code of conduct.

http://drillordrop.com/2015/02/26/mo...from-fracking/

now that would make a really interesting court case well done that woman

[olivia8143]

Mother-of-two puts UK MPs on legal notice for any harm from fracking

MPs who voted in favour of legislation to make fracking easier could be sued if people are harmed by the technique, following a legal notice sent by a mother-of-two from Gloucestershire.
Jojo Mehta, from the small village of Nympsfield, sent a Notice Before Action letter to all 657 UK MPs during the passage of the Infrastructure Bill in January.
The notice said fracking was likely to bring risks and harm to the UK. And it warned that if MPs voted for pro-fracking measures they were potentially in breach of their code of conduct.

http://drillordrop.com/2015/02/26/mo...from-fracking/

Ha ha that's brilliant

[sucadot]

A redacted government report on the shale gas industry's impact on rural economies should be published in full, Lancashire County Council has said.

Makes you wonder what they've got to hide?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-31649989

[yellerbelly]

A redacted government report on the shale gas industry's impact on rural economies should be published in full, Lancashire County Council has said.

Makes you wonder what they've got to hide?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-31649989

They have shares or friends with shares in the fracking companies

[Anniemcc2]

Court hears evidence of contamination next to Barton Moss drilling site.

Soil samples from a field next to the Barton Moss hydrocarbon site in Salford had dangerous levels of contamination, a court heard today. But more testing is needed to establish where the contamination came from.
Environmental scientist, Dr Aidan Foley, gave evidence at Manchester Magistrates Court this morning that the samples had higher than permitted levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, found in fossil fuels and tar deposits.

http://drillordrop.com/2015/03/06/co...ite/#more-6875

[olivia8143]

Court hears evidence of contamination next to Barton Moss drilling site.

Soil samples from a field next to the Barton Moss hydrocarbon site in Salford had dangerous levels of contamination, a court heard today. But more testing is needed to establish where the contamination came from.
Environmental scientist, Dr Aidan Foley, gave evidence at Manchester Magistrates Court this morning that the samples had higher than permitted levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, found in fossil fuels and tar deposits.

http://drillordrop.com/2015/03/06/co...ite/#more-6875

Hmmm that's strange, I wonder where that could have come from?

[astral276]

Hmmm that's strange, I wonder where that could have come from?

Probably be claimed to have been put there by the protesters in an attempt to besmirch the good name of the fracking company.

[Anniemcc2]

Government wants to take control of Lancashire fracking decisions, councillors warned.

“Strong forces in Whitehall” want to take planning decisions about fracking away from local authorities, councillors in Lancashire have been warned.

During a county council meeting last week, members were advised there was a “real danger” that they could lose control over shale gas planning. The council should be very careful not to give the government a reason to take over decision-making powers, the meeting heard.

The comments came in a debate on a motion which called for the devolution of shale gas licensing to Lancashire.

http://drillordrop.com/2015/05/25/go...illors-warned/

[westlondoncarparts]

Obviously judgement needs to be reserved until after the deeds. But it is worrying if Local Government discusses so openly what it perceives to be potential problems with the Westminster Government. If the Westminster Government does eventually do the dirty on Lancashire, then it will be further evidence of the pick and mix approach to democracy coming from the heart of the UK’s political system.

On a wider front, the following article is very interesting. Although the author and the website have their own political axes to grind, it is quite an objective article and worthy of being taken seriously. The Scottish Government has always stood full square behind renewables and has given whatever support it can within its limited powers. But there is a case for the Westminster Government to get behind renewables generation in and off Scotland in a big way. Sort out the more environmentally friendly renewables and you do not need the environmentally unfriendly carbon producing oil and gas from fracking.

http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2015/05/21/true-grid/

[olivia8143]

Hooray!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-33313084