MEDIA RELEASE: The tide is turning – Frack Free Communities springing up
Posted: 13/03/2012 Filed under: Drilling, fracking, Media Release, pollution, Resource Management Act, Taranaki Comments OffThe public is fast awakening to just how risky and damaging fracking (hydraulic fracturing) and the discharge of fracking associated wastes is to our land, water, human and animal health. They want fracking out! Read the rest of this entry »
News Headlines (1-10 March, 2012)
Posted: 01/03/2012 Filed under: Climate Change, Drilling, fracking, land farming, pollution, Resource Management Act, Taranaki Comments OffHeatley to tout NZ at world energy forum (March 10, NZ)
ODNR: Injection well caused Youngstown quakes (March 9, USA)
Guns out for frack report (March 9, NZ)
Fracking planned for Taranaki (March 8, NZ)
Study suggests hydrofracking is killing farm animals, pets (March 7, USA) - must read!
Fracking opposition uninformed, say council staff (March 6, NZ)
National coal seam gas agreement an important step to water protection (March 5, Australia)
Time to move on? It’s time for some facts (March 5, NZ) - must read!
Coal exporter in for long haul (March 5, NZ)
Hunt for oil, gas set to intensify (March 3, NZ)
Personal attacks under fire (March 2, NZ)
Fracking opponents urge moratorium (March 1, NZ)
News Headline (1-15 November 2011)
Posted: 03/11/2011 Filed under: Drilling, fracking, land farming, Resource Management Act, Taranaki Comments OffControversial site given green light (Nov 12, NZ)
Oil drilling opponents speak out (Nov 9, NZ) video must watch!
World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns (Nov 9, UK)
Little gets behind Taranaki fracking (Nov 5, NZ)
Fracking a cause for concern – Labour (Nov 3, NZ)
Exclusive: Fracking company – we caused 50 earthquakes in Blackpool – but we’re not going to stop (Nov 3, UK)
MEDIA RELEASE: Was or is Taranaki fracking illegal?
Posted: 25/09/2011 Filed under: Drilling, fracking, Resource Management Act, Taranaki Comments OffA recent Official Information Act request by local group Climate Justice Taranaki (CJT) reveals that fracking and drilling now suddenly need a consent from the Taranaki Regional Council under the Resource Management Act (RMA). The climate group is investigating whether all the fracking and drilling of recent years therefore took place illegally. Read the rest of this entry »
