By Liz Thomson @LizThomson88 The second Ineos public meeting intended to sell fracking to the central belt ended in defeat for Directors Gary Haywood and Tom Pickering. Questions from the audience on the potential dangers to public health exposed embarrassing… Read More ›
By Liz Thomson If the performance by INEOS bosses at the first fracking community engagement event was reflective of the strength of their case – the shale industry should be worried. Operations Director Tom Pickering and Business Development Manager Gary… Read More ›
By Talk Fracking After Scotland announced a fracking moratorium on 28th January 2015, campaigners warned of further bribes and false promises by “tax dodging billionaire” Jim Ratcliffe. His company Ineos had been awarded licences to frack Central Scotland. Chemical company… Read More ›
Lesley Docksey reflects on the issue of fracking across the UK. On January 26 Westminster voted through the Infrastructure Bill, one of those gargantuan messes so beloved of governments – a Bill that included everything. Hidden amongst all the rest… Read More ›
By Mike Small Victory is sweet. We need to complete the nailing process but basically Fracking is Dead in Scotland and it represents a huge victory for all of us in protection of our communities and our environment. Where does… Read More ›
Fracking Protest at Ineos Grangemouth 7th December 2014, with thanks to Phantom Power:
By Mike Small Several elements of the Grangemouth spectacle were on the edge of farce this week. MP Eric Joyce complaining that the people of the area “deserved better representation”. Truly. The utter capitulation and ineptness of the union. The… Read More ›
