A call for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the UK
'The oil and gas industry is seeking to exploit UK onshore gas reserves trapped in shale rock and coal beds requiring environmentally damaging and risky techniques, including hydraulic fracturing (fracking). We, the signatories of this petition, call on the coalition government in Westminster, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Parliament to impose a moratorium, demanded by environmental groups and geology experts in the field, on shale gas, and on the related coal bed methane extraction industry, at least until the results of studies here, in other countries in Europe and in the US have been properly evaluated. Such moratoria are already in place in France, North Rhine Westphalia (Germany), New York State, New Jersey.'
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Anonymous
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This genuinely terrifies me for my children's future. How can anyone think this is ok!?
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Anonymous
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We must stop fracking and a campaign will help to raise awareness of the terrible consequences of shale gas extraction.
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Val Gayes
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This does worry me. How can people say it's not dangerous!?
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Nicci
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We all know it's a disaster in the making. We need to move quickly towards less harmful, money orientated methods.
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Carl Hodler
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I don't believe enough risk analysis has been conducted to safely move this forwards. I think the moratorium is essential.
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Bruce Selkirk
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Just stop and think about our children and not your profit!
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Anonymous
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Shale Gas development should be banned everywhere, immediately. The whole process: cement casing, mini explosions, poisonous additives and MASSIVE water consumption is sheer lunacy.
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Anonymous
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I fully support this campaign!
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Ben Whittingham
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I fully support this campaign's objective.
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John Hobson
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http://stopfyldefracking.org.uk/ and http://reaf.org.uk/ have a lot of useful info on what is happening NOW in the UK.
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Anonymous
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It seems rather quiet in the Uk. I was made aware of coal seam gas mining by a friend from Australia (where it seems to be rife). Last year there was an earthquake near Blackpool most certainly caused by fracking. The issue is, we can be putting at risk the water table. It is cheap and nasty due to the chemicals used.
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Joanna Roberts
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In addition to the dangers, the environmental impact of this disgusting method of desperately squeezing out pockets of gas and belching out toxicity, this is a gross disrespect of a vital life source that we are hopefully learning to value, honour and share fairly, namely water. I fully support this much needed moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the UK, and having the full environmental impact of this dirty, polluting, health hazard made aware to UK citizens.
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matt
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If you don't know, research what "Fracking " is....how its effected the land, the atmosphere and people.....don't except it on this small island / planet
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Anonymous
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Martin Bove
I fully support this much needed moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the UK, and the full environmental impact of this dirty, polluting, health hazard made aware to UK citizens !!! -
Helen Long
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I do not want fracturing. It is expensive. It also causes emissions of methane which is 40 times more damaging than CO2. There are many other damaging consequences.
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Anonymous
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Fracking is insane ! Keep the focus on developing safe sustainable energy !
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emma gomez
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We the people have the power to stop this ... however it will take an effort to let them know that we shall not be moved on this issue ... where is our army where we need them here ... the greatest enemy to England and our future generations is here in these oil and gas companies thinking they can rock up where ever they choose by paying off the UK government who act like puppets to the big corporations ... We the people of England however are not puppets even though we appear to have a defacto government who are. Power to the people!
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julie daniels
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The idea that these mining firms in the UK will be SELF REGULATING is simply madness. You know it all bills down to money and cutting corners. Much more regulation or a complete ban gets my vote.
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Andrew Durling
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I live in Sussex, England, which suffers from drought regularly, and most people live very near water sources, so water extraction for fracking here would put too much pressure on scarce water resources, and the danger of contamination of those scarce water supplies is so acute, that fracking is just not viable here anyway, yet still the test rigs are in this part of the world!
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Anonymous
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I wholly oppose this unsafe drilling for shale. The only safe frack is no frack. Bulgaria, germany and france have banned it, why are we allowing it?
