from Bella Caledonia - and more about fracking... It says in this article that the opportunity to revoke permission to stop fracking under your home was lost in June! Then in June the Labour party confirmed that it would support the Government in removing householders rights to object to drilling under their homes via the trespass law Of course it would be the bloody Labour party, wouldnt it? I have to say, I do think the article itself is a bit contradictory and hard to keep track of. On one hand it states: ~Yes. Here’s the Scottish Government statement published today, showing how powerless they are to stop this: news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Scottish-householders-rights-to-object-to-fracking-to-be-removed-108e.aspx The link has already been posted by us a day or two ago.. Then on the other hand it states: In a week where we’ve been sent to war, watched the ‘vow’ dissolve in front of us, witnessed promises to raise the pension age to 70 and cut child benefit; we have also seen David Cameron turn the ‘Scottish question’ into the ‘English question’, a proposal which would mean a two tier Westminster in which the opposition was effectively annihilated forever, democracy is very thin on the ground indeed. In the face of this assault on civil liberty, the Scottish Parliament must demand the power over fracking, and even though the licenses have already been sold, we must stand our ground and assert again, our ownership over our own ground. So, two different paragraphs. The first says that the statement published by the Scottish Government shows how powerless they are to stop this, and then in another, the Scottish Parliament must demand the power over fracking. I dont know about you, but Im confused! There is a lot more information in this article, and not all of it is good, but we will remain positive. The more cr&p like this they throw at us without even a consultation, is just ammo to throw back at them. Here is some info on how the bill itself was created: So by stealth and without a single vote being cast, the Tories pushed a piece of legislation through the back door of Westminster’s ironically named ‘Department of Energy and Climate Change’, on 20 December 2013 when all MPs had gone home on holiday. Four government ministers decided to make it unnecessary for drilling companies to seek the permission of every householder before drilling under their home and their land. According to Nick Boles MP (Lib Dem), notifying every homeowner was ‘unnecessarily excessive’. This was ratified on January 13 2014 when they’d received no objections from MPs, presumably because they were too busy nursing their new year hangovers to catch up on parliamentary business. Now, no MPs objected, but they had received 155 objections (only 7 in favour) during the hasty piece of public consultation they’d done six weeks prior. Strangely none of those objections made any impact on their self-ratified decision. It does explain why the Tories want out of Europe though. Personally, I would carry on signing the Declaration and revoking permission. Removing your right to revoke permission to frack under our homes has to be a breach of our human rights, and if every criminal in prison can go off running to the European Court of Human Rights, then so can we!! Oh, and the Wood Group has purchased a stake in an exploration licence to explore for shale gas in a 127-mile radius around its Grangemouth refinery in Scotland. HUGE surprise there... :/ bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/09/27/fracking-scotland/
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:09:31 +0000
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