This document summarizes the status of fracking across Europe as of late 2015. It notes that active exploration for fracking was occurring in Poland, the UK, Hungary, Denmark, and Romania, while licenses had been issued in Spain, Lithuania, and Belgium. It also discusses specific examples of resistance to fracking in Zamosc, Poland; Balcombe, UK; Pungesti, Romania; and In Salah, Algeria. The document concludes by mentioning a global day of action in 2015 with over 1250 groups from 64 countries calling for a ban on fracking.
7. Lancashire, UK
• Fall 2015: Local council rejects fracking
• Winter 2016: Local decision to be overruled by
Westminster
8. Resistance
• 2015 Global Frackdown to Paris
• International day of action to ban fracking
• 1250 groups in 64 countries signed up
http://www.globalfrackdown.org/
Editor's Notes
Diverse situation
Story of locals rejecting a massive industrial fossil fuel activity for decades. Industrialisation of the landscape by 100s of well, pipelines, compressor stations, flaring,…
Supporting cleaner alternatives, renewables
Story of locals against corporate influence over central authorities
Focus on gas as a transition fuel delays ambitious action on a complete transition to a zero-carbon energy system. We need, the climate system needs a rapid decarbonisation
Fossil gas escapes … methane is powerful GHG. Better for climate is problemartic.
New resources of UFF are unburnable carbon. With existing resources of conventional gas
