We need to talk about fracking – The tour begins
Like 74% of the British public, Climate Revolution is strongly opposed to the government’s insistence on the need for fracking in the UK. We’ve been working with our friends at Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Frack Off London, No Dash for Gas and Fuel Poverty Action to help inform people about the dangers posed by the rush to secure unconventional gas and oil without regard for our well-being or preserving the environment for future generations.
We launched our open letter on Monday, signed by over 150 scientists, organizations and celebrities, calling for a series of nationwide debates signatures – even more important now that the government is beginning a 12 week consultation period on their plans to change trespass laws so that fracking companies will not even need permission to drill under your homes before they begin!
Tour dates: Monday 9th June – Glasgow ● Tuesday 10th June – Nottingham ● Wednesday 11th June – Manchester ● Thursday 12th June – Swansea ● Monday 16th June – London.
All debates start at 8pm with doors open at 7pm. They’re all free – sign up now at www.talkfracking.org
Manchester WOW what an intense debate, lots of facts to absorb but really glad that I went.
If you are sitting on the fence then please attend one of the remaining debates.
Comment by Anonymous on 11/06/2014 at 10:57 pm
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Comment by Anonymous on 15/06/2014 at 11:26 am
I wrote to Greenpeace recently and suggested that instead of fighting the government they, instead, turned fracking to their advantage. Effecitively work with Government to ensure that a part of the profits from Shale gas were transferred into alternative energy projects. In that way the UK could probably be fossil fuel free in perhaps as little as 40 years. Greenpeace’s reply….. ‘They always demonstrate’. What a blank and silly organisation they are, with no plan except to demonstrate. I am afraid that they are not worth taking into account in these matters
Comment by Vernon Young on 15/06/2014 at 11:43 am
Fracking is NOT an option. Once the water table is polluted it will poison the land. It is the greatest threat to Earth’s ecology, releasing poisonous gases which will exacerbate climate change which is ALREADY having heinous effects all over the world. What a terrible price to pay to sustain a comfortable lifestyle for the minority on this planet. If Fracking is allowed to go ahead life for human beings is going to get mighty uncomfortable. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle.
Comment by Pam Lucas on 17/06/2014 at 9:50 am