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Government issues fracking licenses in areas of significant flood risk

Last edited 12 January 2016 at 5:00pm
22 December, 2015

Nearly one-fifth of recent fracking permit blocks offered by the government substantially overlap with zones at significant risk of flooding according to new analysis by Greenpeace’s Energydesk.

23 out of 124 blocks (19%) offered to firms as part of the 14th licensing round were significantly covered by areas at a high or medium risk from flooding, while almost all of the rest of the blocks are partially covered.

The analysis highlights one of the challenges faced by shale gas operations, which must ensure chemicals and flow-back water from drilling is kept from entering the ecosystem.

Article tagged as: 14th licensing round, Energydesk, flood-risk areas, flooding, fracking

Greenpeace investigation links frackers to tax havens

Last edited 16 December 2015 at 7:27pm
16 December, 2015

40% of licenses to frack in the UK are held by companies which are wholly or partly owned in offshore tax havens, a Greenpeace investigation has found.

Analysis also shows that Cuadrilla, one of the UK’s leading shale gas firms, is majority owned by entities based in offshore tax havens.

Article tagged as: cuadrilla, Energydesk, fracking, fracking permits, investigation, national parks, tax havens

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