CSG too risky for insurers, page-55

"Leading scientists say unconventional gas is 'safe' if extracted carefully"

'IF' ?

Now that little two letter word is so easily overlooked.

What you have here and without me even reading it all is the Brits wanting to fracc Northern England to bits. The North has a long history of coal mining and above the shallow coal seams live millions of people.

There's no doubt they're simply pushing their agenda down the throats of resistance just like here in OZ.

How is "SAFE" determined?

Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the potential contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions,^[1] air pollution, migration of gases and hydraulic fracturing chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased seismicity and associated effects on human and ecosystem health.^[2][3] A number of instances with groundwater contamination have been documented,^[4] however opponents of water safety regulation claim hydraulic fracturing has never caused any drinking water contamination.

As early as 1987, researchers at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded that hydraulic fracturing can contaminate and has contaminated groundwater.

According to former EPA employees, evidence of the negative environmental impact of fracking was systematically removed from congressional reports to support the energy industry under the direction of the Office of Legal Counsel during the Reagan administration.^[6] With the growth of hydraulic fracturing in the United States, "public exposure to the many chemicals involved in energy development is expected to increase over the next few years, with uncertain consequences" per science writer Valerie Brown in 2007.

Air quality and methane emissions.

Methane emissions from wells raise global warming concerns. There is a 2,500 square-mile methane plume hovering over the Four Corners area of the western US.
Water usage.

Consequences for agriculture have already been observed in North America. In some regions of the US that are vulnerable to droughts, farmers are now competing with fracking industrials for the use of water resources.^[28] In the Barnett Shale region, in Texas and New Mexico, drinking water wells have dried up due to fracking's withdrawal of water, and water has been taken from an aquifer used for residential and agricultural use.^[28] Farmers have seen their wells go dry in Texas and New Mexico as a result of fracking’s pressure on water resources, for instance in Carlsbad, New Mexico.^[28] Agricultural communities have already seen water prices rising because of that problem. In the North Water Conservation District in Colorado was organized an auction to allocate water and the prices rose from $22/acre-foot in 2010 to $28 in the beginning of 2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_hydraulic_fracturing_in_the_United_States


Texas family plagued with ailments gets $3M in 1st-of-its-kind fracking judgment.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/25/justice/texas-family-wins-fracking-lawsuit/index.html

In Oklahoma, Fracking Companies Can Now Be Sued Over Earthquakes.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/01/3676046/oklahoma-supreme-court-fracking-earthquakes/

California Fracking Lawsuit: Judge Slams Obama Administration.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2013/04/09/california-fracking-lawsuit_n_3046838.html?ir=Australia

Etc etc etc.