The decision to frack in Lancashire: shale gas is unburnable and must be left in the ground
That Lancashire County Council has been forced to grant Cuadrilla permission to undertake exploratory fracking should come as no surprise. Planning law meant that the Council could only block Cuadrilla on the back of a set of narrow, limited and localised...Dash for Gas? Background Document for Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas
Behind our shorter report, Shale Gas Production in England – an Updated Public Health Assessment, released in July 2016, is a more detailed and fully referenced set of long notes about fracking as a public health issue. This covers a wide range of issues...Fracking threatens UK’s climate change targets, says report
The Financial TimesAn Updated Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas Fracking
Medact today released an updated assessment of the potential health impacts of shale fracking in England.
Shale Gas Production in England – an updated public health assessment
Download: A Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas in England Medact’s new report summarises the findings of a public health assessment of unconventional shale gas production in England. In 2015 Medact published its first report on this subject, Health & Fracking,...Patrick Saunders at Fracking Masterclass
Shale Gas Production in England – report release video
...In support of anti-fracking campaigner Tina Rothery
Tina Rothery is a high profile community campaigner in Lancashire who will be attending Blackpool County Court on Friday 24 June, having been ordered to pay costs of over £55,000 to the energy company Cuadrilla. The order relates to a three-week community protection...Audio Recordings from Sheffield Fracking Masterclass
In the run up to the release of our new report, Medact and the Faculty of Public Health co-hosted a workshop on the health impacts of fracking. Audio recordings from three of the day’s presentations are now available.