Comments on: Denmark gears up for fight against fracking https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/01/29/denmark-gears-up-for-fight-against-fracking/ Climate change news, analysis, commentary, video and podcasts focused on developments in global climate politics Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: claus https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/01/29/denmark-gears-up-for-fight-against-fracking/#comment-4505 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:36:00 +0000 http://www.rtcc.org/?p=20838#comment-4505 In reply to Global Fracking Ban.

Show me evidence for such disasters from fracking, and explain why these are worse than accidents from other activitites done by mankind – driving a car kills many, fertilizers on fields destroy wildlife, airplaine crash kills hundreds and we accept such risks in our daily life.

]]> By: Global Fracking Ban https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/01/29/denmark-gears-up-for-fight-against-fracking/#comment-4497 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.rtcc.org/?p=20838#comment-4497 No amount of science or robustness of a regulatory regime can prove fracking is safe or ensure the level of safety now or in the future. NOBODY can predict that human error or machine and equipment failure will not occur. But history tells us that the hydrocarbon extraction industry experiences human error and equipment failure on a daily basis resulting in serious injuries and fatalities along with catastrophic environmental damages. In light of this knowledge, and the fact that fracking gone wrong can cause irreversible damage to, aquifers, soil, air quality and the climate, that affect the majority, the long-term impacts that surround the shale and coal bed methane extraction industries outweigh, * BY FAR*, the short term economic advantages to be gained by a select few.
Neither can anybody predict whether natural events such as earthquakes, ground movements or build up in formation pressures will or will not occur during drilling, production or long after plug and abandonment that can impact on the integrity of a well.

The overall weight of the evidence from the cumulative body of information demonstrates that there are significant uncertainties about the kinds of adverse health outcomes that may be associated with high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), the likelihood of the occurrence of adverse health outcomes, and the effectiveness of some of the mitigation measures in reducing or preventing environmental impacts which could adversely affect public health. Until the science provides sufficient information to determine the level of risk to public health from high volume hydraulic fracking, the Global anti fracking movement recommends that HVHF should not proceed.

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