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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:19 AM Oct 2013

Global Frackdown: World protests shale gas production.

Frackdown protest on October 19. ‘Fracktivists’ from over 20 countries will gather to demand an end to fracking and “dangerous” shale gas drillings.

Numerous events are scheduled to take place mainly across the US and Europe with some rallies already having kicked off in the UK, Romania, France and Spain.

The global movement will be also joined by activists from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Indonesia. So far, a total 26 countries are listed to be taking part in the protest.

“Climate scientists warn that continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels will lead to catastrophic climate change,” the Global Frackdown protest organizers said in press release.

http://rt.com/news/global-frackdown-gas-protest-391/

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Activists from 26 countries are taking to the streets on Saturday to protest fracking technologies that extract hydrocarbons by pumping pressurized chemicals underground. They say fracking contaminates groundwater and hastens climate change.

http://rt.com/news/global-fracking-protest-updates-405/

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Global Frackdown: World protests shale gas production. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Oct 2013 OP

I remember how extremely little fresh water there is on the planet BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #1

After protests, Chevron halts shale gas search in Romania, awaits local referendum on fracking. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #2

The spark that travels the world (romania edition) BelgianMadCow Oct 2013 #3

Twitter link: dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #4

hear in the good old U. S. of A. onethatcares Oct 2013 #5

BelgianMadCow

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1. I remember how extremely little fresh water there is on the planet

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:31 AM

Oct 2013

only 2,5% of the water is fresh, and of that most is ice (and sliding into the sea).

To put our freshwater supply at risk in order to delay the switch to renewables is insanity, imho. Europe is (trying to) say no to fracking, but I fear it's gonna be backdoored in the TTIP.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. After protests, Chevron halts shale gas search in Romania, awaits local referendum on fracking.

Reply to BelgianMadCow (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 10:39 AM

Oct 2013

Oil and gas company Chevron has made a step back and decided to suspend exploring for shale gas at Pungesti, in Romania’s Eastern region of Moldova. This comes after villagers from Pungesti staged protests for several days in a row, finally triggering Chevron to remove its drilling equipment from the site.

The 2,500 people who are allowed to vote in the village where Chevron wants to start looking for shale gas using the so – called fracking are called to say yes or no to the oil and gas company’s project in a local referendum on November 24. Until then, it’s game on for lobbying in the remote village from Vaslui county.

Exploration for shale gas was not covered by mainstream media in Romania in the last two years, even if elsewhere in the world fracking had caused protests. The Rosia Montana planned gold mine and the use of cyanide kept front pages instead as almost daily protests have been organized for more than two months.

It was not until the villagers from Eastern Romania started the protest and when a few thousands people gathered downtown Bucharest at the same time to protest against fracking that the topic entered the public agenda.

http://www.romania-insider.com/after-protests-chevron-halts-shale-gas-search-in-romania-awaits-local-referendum-on-fracking/108152/