Underground Coal Gasification, the next extreme energy front?
Quietly, and with no public discussion, the Government has been putting in place a system of licences and financial assistance to kick-start a UCG industry in Britain.
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SLAPPing campaigners for telling the truth – the underground coal gasification lobby turns even nastier
SLAPPing is a tactic often used in the USA, where companies intent on environmental destruction pre-emptively sue leading local campaigners in order to quash the local opposition.
Coal gasification, fracking, and natural gas headlines
•Fire in the hole: After fracking comes coal •Triple Divide Interview: Mark Ruffalo Fracking Documentary •Colorado First State to Clamp Down on Fracking Methane Pollution •Are we underestimating natural gas emissions? •China’s Plan to Clean Up Air in Cities Will Doom the Climate, Scientists Say •The CEO of Exxon loves fracking, as long as it doesn’t spoil his view •This artist creates fracking scenes with vintage figurines and postcards
Is fracking all we have to worry about?
As protests against fracking rage on, are protesters ignoring a much greater industrial threat to the British countryside?