Published in The Ecologist, 5th March 2014, under the title, ‘Fracking is the death spasm of a defunct economic order’ By Paul Mobbs, Mobbs’ Environmental Investigations and Research, February 2014. For five years Paul Mobbs has been working on ‘unconventional gas’ … Continue reading
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A Burning Issue: How UK demand for biomass is harming communities and forests around the world.
The UK’s big biomass demand Demand for biomass is sky-rocketing in the UK, with 42 new biomass power stations proposed across the country. Energy companies have announced plans to burn over 68.9 million tonnes of biomass, nearly seven times the … Continue reading
Agribusiness: Extreme energy through crops yielding?
By Laura Muñoz Lopez – CAHR, University of York In this brief discussion about agrifuels, the aim is to highlight that despite their consideration as a clean and renewable energy and a substitute for fossil fuels, the reality is that … Continue reading
Small Global: Extreme Energy at the Bloomsbury Festival 2013
The Extreme Energy Initiative (EEI) has teamed up with audio visual art collective D-Fuse to create an installation which will be open during the weekend of the Bloomsbury Festival, 19-20 October, Senate House Basements, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU. This … Continue reading
Directing discontent: consumption and contamination impacts
By John Pearson Researching and writing on extreme energy and, in particular, the tar sands being extracted in Alberta, Canada, presents facts (both questionable and accepted) which shock and appall. However, upon consideration of the phenomenon in the broader contexts … Continue reading
Defining ‘extreme energy’: A process not a category
by Dr. E. Lloyd-Davies Definitions of extreme energy often come with lists of examples (e.g. tar sands, mountain top removal, deep water drilling and fracking) that the term is said to encompass. Extreme energy is often considered as a category … Continue reading
Economically & politically fracked: ‘Behind every picture lies a story’ – statistical reality versus PR-hype within the political project of unconventional gas in Britain
Let’s get one thing clear, this is not about conspiracy theories. This isn’t about a powerful elite meeting in darkened rooms to fondle their fluffy white cats whilst talking in menacing tones. This isn’t about class warfare. What the diagram … Continue reading
Exploding the fracking hype: A response to the latest UK shale gas figures
An article from our supporting campaign, extreme energy action network Frack Off. Summary Latest government fracking announcement Sparse on details, but plenty of hype Wild claims regarding vast amounts of gas Technical or economic aspects not addressed Would require 10,000 of … Continue reading
‘Licence to Drill? Is Australia’s present Britain’s future?’ [podcast]
On Monday, May 20th 2013, the Extreme Energy Initiative invited Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, a Senior Advisor to the National Toxics Network (NTN) based in Australia and the Pacific and also an advisor to IPEN, an international public interest network representing … Continue reading
Shell’s London shareholder meeting: ‘I appreciate your answer, but I still disagree’
By Emily Coats, UK Tar Sands Network Last week I had the joy of attending Shell’s London shareholder meeting. It’s always a bizarre experience, where the board, shareholders, NGOs and members of frontline communities hurl polite comments back and forth, … Continue reading
