{"id":610,"date":"2015-09-24T09:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T08:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=610"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:49:58","slug":"report-on-stop-fracking-meeting-21-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"REPORT on Stop Fracking meeting, 21 September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just one of the areas in Derbyshire where fracking may take place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To Frack or not to Frack?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h1>\n

A report by Jean McDonald<\/em><\/p>\n

The Government is hell-bent on introducing fracking in parts of Derbyshire, including inside the city boundaries. On Monday evening (September 21) \u00a0I attended a meeting in Derby organized jointly by Derby Climate Coalition and Derby 38 Degrees which looked at the economic and environmental consequences of fracking.\u00a0 This was very clearly spelt out by Brian Davey, a freelance ecological economist from Nottingham.\u00a0 Another speaker, Nigel Lee, showed us the actual plans and proposals for Derbyshire.\u00a0 Chris Williamson, Derby North MP until the 2015 election also spoke about Labour\u2019s views on fracking and in particular, Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s views which can be seen in a document \u201cProtecting Our Planet\u201d which you can find online.<\/p>\n

Around fifty individuals attended the meeting.\u00a0 As well as members of Derby Climate Coalition, 38 Degrees, there were members from Friends of the Earth, local trade unions, Frackfree Notts, Frackfree Derbyshire, a member from Derby University and probably other groups I am unaware of.\u00a0 There was also a good turnout from the Green Party.<\/p>\n

What I took away from the meeting <\/strong><\/h1>\n

Picture Frames<\/strong> \u2013 Brian Davey talked about picture frames – the anti fracking and pro fracking lobbies are talking about two different pictures.<\/p>\n

The Pro-fracking group are focusing on a narrow view.\u00a0 One fracking tower, one bore hole, no sound, no smell.\u00a0 This zoom approach looses the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

The anti-fracking lobby is looking at a wider picture \u2013 not just one bore hole, but the fact that in order to extract the gas an area would need multiple fracking towers with the accompanying infrastructure: miles of pipelines taking the fracked gas away from the fracking site and access roads enabling daily movements of HGVs bringing in water to be used in the fracking process and taking out used waste water. Noise pollution from HGVs and noise created by flaring and pumps etc.\u00a0 Also light pollution (a photo of a fracking area at night taken by a satellite looked like a large city) – and air pollution from the chemicals used.<\/p>\n

FRACK<\/strong> – I would sum up what Brian was saying with the word FRACK – Finance \u2013 Regulation \u2013 Assumptions \u2013 Co-operation \u2013 Kick up a fuss!<\/p>\n

Finance<\/strong> \u2013 we are told fracking will make our energy cheaper.\u00a0 We are not told that US fracking companies are losing money and in danger of going bust<\/p>\n

Regulation<\/strong> \u2013 in spite of safety and health issues in the US, we are told fracking in this country will be safe.\u00a0 We are always told our regulation will be better .<\/p>\n

Assumptions <\/strong>\u2013 the pro-fracking case is built on assumptions \u2013 e.g. it is safe when companies use \u201cbest practice\u201d.\u00a0 What about if they use \u201cnormal practice\u201d or have to cut costs because of the low price of oil?<\/p>\n

Co-operation<\/strong> \u2013 to get the anti-fracking message across, all groups and individuals need to work together.<\/p>\n

Kick up a fuss!<\/strong> Make a noise.\u00a0 Take the message out to the general public and fellow workers.\u00a0 Influence local councillors responsible for planning permission.\u00a0 Let your MPs know how you feel.\u00a0 Join together in protest at the Tory Party Conference on 4th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n

by Jean McDonald, a member of the\u00a0Green Party<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Frack or not to Frack?\u00a0 A report by Jean McDonald The Government is hell-bent on introducing fracking in parts of Derbyshire, including inside the city boundaries. On Monday evening (September 21) \u00a0I attended a meeting in Derby organized jointly by Derby Climate Coalition and Derby 38 Degrees which looked at the economic and environmental … Continue reading REPORT on Stop Fracking meeting, 21 September<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,1],"tags":[10,47,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}