Fracking in the Mendips!

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just seen a short item on the BBC about the fracking they wanting to start in the Mendips.....didn't think they'd even consider doing this in the UK....BBC also mentioned that fracking was already going on in Wales!

i heard about this from an old friend who now lives in the USA...reckons its crazy shit!

heres a trailer to the film Gasland...if anyone knows where to find the full film...please fire it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZe1AeH0Qz8

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found this

http://nofrackinguk.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-13748284

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No matter how much money people are offered....of how they spin the science.....fracking seams like a very bad idea....once the water table is poisoned....we're FRACKED!

Fracking company chief to face critics in south-east

Chief executive of Cuadrilla, which drilled for shale gas near Blackpool, will meet residents opposed to fracking in Sussex

The chief executive of the company pioneering shale gas "fracking" in the UK is to face his home county critics, as leading scientists urged closer monitoring of new drilling.

Mark Miller, chief executive of Cuadrilla – the shale gas company whose initial drilling near Blackpool was found to be "highly probably" responsible for two minor earthquakes last year – will confront a new set of opponents in the south-east's stockbroker belt. The company is widening its attention to Sussex, Kent and Surrey, where it believes major resources of shale gas lie trapped in rocks thousands of metres below the surface. But it is already facing local opposition, as it did in Lancashire.

Cuadrilla confirmed that Miller would attend a meeting on Wednesday night of the "No Fracking in Sussex" group in Balcombe, west Sussex, one of the areas to be targeted in the quest for new sources of gas, to explain the company's proposed operations and offer reassurances on its transparency, compliance with regulations and environmental impacts. Balcombe is normally a quiet spot – the parish council's latest news is that two springer spaniels were believed stolen – but residents are objecting to the potential for gas exploration on the basis of its being an area of outstanding natural beauty, and close to a reservoir.

Vanessa Vine, a local resident and spokeswoman for the group, said: "This site is in an AONB [area of outstanding natural beauty]. It is less than a mile from the reservoir, one mile from Balcombe village and three miles from the Millennium Seed Bank. By Cuadrilla's own admission, their technology has caused earthquakes in Lancashire. For legislators to allow it to be used within yards of the main London to Brighton railway line, simply beggars belief. We will not stand for this irresponsible, short-sighted, greed-driven, nonsense that does not even make economic sense."

Fracking is the controversial process of blasting dense shale rock with water, sand and chemicals under high pressure, opening up tiny fissures in the rock that allow bubbles of methane to escape and be harvested. The process – which has become economically viable as gas prices have soared – has taken off in the US in recent years, leading to a glut of natural gas there, but critics have accused companies of contaminating water supplies and of potentially dangerous gas leaks.

rest of article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... south-east

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not just the Mendips!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqQ5koBe80

http://heritagefight.com/