Comments on: UK fracking furore will fizzle out says shale chief https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/19/uk-fracking-furore-cronin/ Climate change news, analysis, commentary, video and podcasts focused on developments in global climate politics Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Bard https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/19/uk-fracking-furore-cronin/#comment-7589 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=28335#comment-7589 “The US National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) recorded 1,427 quakes between 2014 and 2015 in Oklahoma, a major oil and gas producing state, leaving seismologists “concerned” about the potential impacts of fracking.”

Is this true? Not according to the US Geological Society (USGS). Earthquakes are mostly associated with deep well waste injection sites. Fracking is associated with tremors, most too small to be felt at the surface. http://www.usgs.gov/faq/categories/9833/3428

]]> By: Andrew Warren https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/19/uk-fracking-furore-cronin/#comment-7587 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=28335#comment-7587 Just remember that, during drilling, some 2.2% of the natural gas leaks out, (source I C F International), and that methane is a very potent GHG

]]> By: Daydreamer1 https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/01/19/uk-fracking-furore-cronin/#comment-7586 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 03:51:00 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=28335#comment-7586 Actually importing fuel is the UK’s main energy plan in the future, but some home grown gas will hopefully help reduce imports and provide taxes to help fund some more doctors and teachers etc.

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