Fracking is Killing Solar Investment
German company Bosch, which owns a solar division, has blamed fracking for hurting demand for clean energy.
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As Russia Fracks, Poland Outlaws Anti-Fracking Protest
As Russia gears up for its own fracking revolution, Poland is set to effectively outlaw anti-fracking dissent.
Germany Says “Nein” to Fracking
Germany’s Environment Minister Peter Altmaier has said that the country wants to “limit” fracking.
Imagine There’s No Fracking
Yesterday Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon placed a full-page advert in the New York Times, calling on the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo to “Imagine There’s No Fracking… and give clean energy a chance.”
Survey Finds Fracking Impacts Health
The largest health survey to-date of residents living near fracking sites shows a clear pattern of negative health impacts associated with the technology.
UK Government Goes Fracking Mad
Slowly but surely the last remnants of any green veneer of the British conservative government is peeled away as the government lurches to the right.
Fracking … Its Not Actually About Sex
Fracking may be causing protests from America to Europe, but in South Africa, the latest country to lift a ban on the activity, many of the locals don’t even know what the practice entails. Earlier this month, South Africa lifted a 2011 ban on shale gas exploration and fracking in its semi-arid ecologically-sensitive Karoo region, … Read More
Fracking: EU Warns of “High Risk” to Environment
The European Union is the latest organisation to raise serious concerns about the environmental impact of fracking. The EU has released three detailed reports to assess the risk to the environment and human health from shale gas extraction. In a devastating and highly detailed critique, the first report on the environmental impact of fracking, identifies … Read More
Fracking
We support those battling on the front lines of hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – an extreme fossil fuel technology that is expanding at a frenzied pace. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of injecting high-pressure water, sand and chemicals deep underground to extract natural gas or oil. While the technology has been used for … Read More
NY Mayor Bloomberg Backs Fracking
The people have spoken, but they are being ignored. Yesterday, over one thousand people marched to New York’s state Capitol to demonstrate their opposition to fracking. They delivered a pledge of resistance which has now been signed by thousands of people. The march was intended to intensify pressure on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as … Read More