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Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
Stop the Frack Attack National Summit at Holiday Inn - Stapleton in Denver, Colorado. Oct 3-5, 2015
On Tuesday 4th March 2014 secondary school students from across Ireland role-played European politics in the seventh annual Model Council of the European Union. Fracking was the subject of this year's Model Council and each team debated their standpoint on the issue. The event, which was organised by the European Commission Representation in Ireland, took place in The Printworks Building in Dublin Castle from 09.30, with the debates kicking off at 11.00. 30 schools from across Ireland represented the 28 EU Member States, as well as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Photos taken at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver at the Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
On May 23, 2011, Marcellus Protest picketed the Shale Play Tubulars Conference that took place at the William Penn Omni Hotel in Pittsburgh.
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
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Frack Free Wales
www.facebook.com/pages/Frack-Free-Wales/399311250153926
4 November 2014
The response from Carwyn Jones First Minister For Wales to the post card petition handed in to the Assembly 11th Oct 2014.
Y Gwir Anrh/Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AC/AM Prif Weinidog Cymru/First Minister of Wales
Dear Gareth
4 November 2014
I am writing in response to a petition handed in to the Welsh Government offices on 11 October expressing concerns about the hydraulic fracturing process used to extract gas and oil. I am responding to Friends of the Earth Cymru as the organiser of the petition.
I understand the petition comprised around 2,080 signatories on postcards and petition papers referencing Friends of the Earth Cymru, Friends of the Earth and Frack Free Wales. A further 44 signatures were received on petition papers from Frack Free Llantrisant. The primary concerns raised by the petition are that hydraulic fracturing risks damaging the environment and will prevent the transition to a low carbon energy system.
Prior to setting out our position I must stress that oil and gas matters are not devolved to Wales and remain the responsibility of the UK Government. It is our view that the necessary powers for all energy developments in Wales should be devolved to ensure we are able to align our energy aspirations with our responsibilities to the environment and society.
The Welsh Government’s position on gas in the future energy mix is defined in our Energy Wales document. We recognise the importance of gas in the transition to a low carbon energy system as it is flexible and reliable, with lower emissions than other fossil fuels.
Unconventional gas activity in Wales is at the very early exploratory stage, and no hydraulic fracturing techniques are being used. The exploration will establish the quantity of extractable gas from unconventional hydrocarbons and provide evidence on technical issues surrounding its extraction. The Welsh Government will consider this alongside other emerging evidence on methods of exploration and development, safety issues, social, environmental and economic matters.
I would like to take this opportunity to explain how we are regulating the exploration of unconventional gas in Wales, and how we will deal with any subsequent applications for commercial development.
The UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) issue licences to operators that enable the pursuit of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons within a defined area. A licence from DECC does not constitute authorisation to drill. Operators must negotiate access with the landowner, acquire planning permission from the relevant Local Planning Authority, and obtain all the necessary permissions and consents from regulatory bodies including Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) before commencing operations.
Minerals Planning Policy Wales (MPPW) provides policy for local authorities in Wales on the issues for consideration when determining planning applications for minerals development which would include unconventional gas. MPPW provides policy guidance to ensure that minerals development does not adversely impact on the environment and nearby communities. MPPW also provides guidance on protecting areas of importance around National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Special Areas of Conservation, Sites of Specific Scientific Interest, groundwater resources and agricultural land.
A developer would also require all the necessary permits and authorisations from NRW, the environmental regulator for Wales and a statutory consultee in the planning process. NRW’s regulation and enforcement roles will help ensure onshore oil and gas operations in Wales are managed in a way that protects public health and the environment.
The HSE would also have to be notified and be satisfied about the design of the well and the developer must arrange for an independent examination of the well design by a competent well examiner. If a well encroached on coal seams, permission must also be sought from the Coal Authority. The British Geological Survey must also be notified by a developer of its intent to drill. DECC will only give consent to drill when all of the required permits and processes are in place.
It is important to note also that an application to drill an exploratory borehole to test for the presence of hydrocarbons is a separate process to any subsequent application for its commercial extraction in the same location. This would be subject to a separate planning application which would be considered on its own merits under the planning and regulatory regime described above.
The Welsh Government considers that the regulatory processes which apply to unconventional gas exploration in Wales, and the planning approach to minerals development as outlined in national policy, provide appropriate safeguards for the public and environment. We continue to consider all the available evidence relating to this resource and its potential impacts in Wales.
I am copying this letter to Frack Free Llantrisant.
Yours sincerely
Carwyn Jones
Tell the Welsh Government to ban fracking in Wales
www.foe.co.uk/act/tell-welsh-government-ban-fracking-wales
Other links to the demo:
Campaigners hold Cardiff protest against fracking
www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2014-10-11/campaigners-hold-...
www.itv.com/news/wales/topic/fracking/
Hundreds gather at anti-fracking rally in Cardiff Bay
www.foe.co.uk/cymru/english/press_releases/wales-against-...
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Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
HANDS ACROSS THE SAND 2014: CLEAN WATER, NOT DIRTY DRILLING. PART OF NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
MAY 17, 2014 NAPLES PIER.
IMAGES BY Linda S. Jacobson
Hundreds of protesters calmly mixing with hundreds of Police ... it's a worrying business, this fracturing of the very ground we stand on, and the possibility of water contamination.
The property in Ulysses Township where a fracking waste facility is slated alongside Ludington Run, an EV watershed, and within an Environmental Justice Zone. © J.B.Pribanic
On the Global Day of Action on Climate Change, hundreds of protesters march through central London and build a giant mock fracking rig outside Parliament to show their opposition to the expansion of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in the UK.
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