Scotland V England & Oz - Notorious u.c.g. fight

welcome back to world view now we've been talking a lot this week about the impact of climate change and we're going to spend some time now on something that not many of us is heard much about that this is unconventional gas mining which is going to be happening informal coal mines all around the world this whole scene gasification is a very dangerous procedure even the CEO you're about to hear from in Australia try to impress investors had some doubts about it figures now been closed down I day there was an incident that was that monitoring will great I won't go into all the details except to say I think it's highly likely that they did not collude we went to England just as the English move tomorrow Torian out for you see gay and we picked up the very picky the if the call licenses I am a little *** they very very careful the English on my side it was a rather since it your way PK since I was born in England at the Colonials going back and socking it to that he suddenly realized is that if you depression that cast by lowering the water table in the gas will come up hopefully we'll come up through the production halls and if you see things like gas lands in four corners some other gas comes up not in the in the halls you really wanna go dan date well away from any partner interest to any other person stay away from avail valuable ako for cake the pressure in the reaction chamber negative and then all think gas is stayin and they galloped the production whole just to have a license is in Scotland *** efficient to pass out all of Scotland at its present level of demand for 150 years now we're going to take a look at this entire process as we look at how the British government just now in the process of selling out the coal gas leases underneath the people Scotland if it wasn't already tension between these two countries with the pending independence ok this certainly isn't going to help well folks hang on to your we're joined now on the program by citizen journalist Mel Kelly in Scotland she writes for the website open democracy in there our Kingdom section the mills a business analyst programmer by day and spends the rest over time researching into the real stories behind the headlines and some other findings have been quite scary around something called you see g-technology her first two papers on the subject 'cause members of the Scottish Parliament to ask serious questions have the energy minister Fergus Ewing over this process which by the way only cause explosions which by the way are only near the Sellafield nuclear plant and the Minister announced a consultation at the stiffer regulations there but not in England Wales as yet us the importance of %uh speaking today know Kelly welcome to world view good evening mill let's start with a layman's definition of this unconventional coal and gas technology what is you CG technology and what does it do basically you see GE is people use the same process as fracking the thought the chemicals on the water to tell down into the cold day it's and then once they get to call paired they will then set the call on fire under grant create massive cavities to extract the cat the gas go to a second male and then what happens as one step on the gas cavities left with toxic waste the cavities collapse and then the hope that they can store the massive amounts of co2 and those cavities so basically we're gonna works have huge explosions underground but we won't have any other chemicals are any the water to come back up so what could possibly go away well basically for the claim is don't use water in the process and the dude the claim it's the technology safe when in fact will happen lies the only each I'll resulted in an explosion but to the British government website tales as that that I'll to the technology was kissable and what happens is the ports and 2010 11:12 from the child's in Australia and India and in america all of those across those continents caused it cancer-causing chemicals and the groundwater and then a steely eyed you've got farmers can no longer use tube or the can't water that the malls because you CT contaminates groundwater Washington facking so we have a technology that's supposedly drills into existing in Long bankrupted an abandoned mines um you know the I'm gonna play devil's advocate here a and ask why you know why have you was this problem in these areas have already been mine before is that with the government was a they'll bother actually to being is taking call the previously it was on uneconomic to main so it's that not been made the toll here in most places and you're talking about under std's under reverse and about holds near skin miles from Sellafield power plant official a you're talking about the fest the fourth in Scotland 1 billion tons of coal have to be pumped underground so what size the coveted sadly how much ground water gets contaminated by that process the the process is so on tested and proven that the a steely in Queensland Government bandit just weeks ago because can't figured out how to stop the call from banning it while the subtle you I'm a bit flabbergasted hear the argument is we can release the methane easier through these explosions but the there are so many risks to so many other parts a even more so than fracking about it my understanding that correctly issue I you're talking about it and what ex-c_i_a_ and as an organization knows you CT works they have phone though that the city untied unproven technology is to be used in the idea near LinkedIn spy of which is famous for its clean pure water and that no coney put at risk by contaminating it with been seen to lead there's absolutely no way zeal limit there's no safe limit for benzene once I kissinger water your date we're talking with bill Kelly citizen journalists to the based in Scotland here on the world view Dennis Campbell about you see GPS technology no mill my understanding is that there are several Tory benefactors that have obtained licenses for next to nothing and the licenses will have a unique set built-in bankruptcy bankruptcy protections for investors against future environmental claims explain a little bit about how that's gonna work well basically before you see she gets old it's called want and and key mpg those wonderful accountants are going to court and perhaps David Cameron in Scotland to see that one company can say a main then you can use accounting text to go bust another set up today to take over and neither sits at the Ector at a libel for the cleanup costs or anything else because case while key mpg told them they could go bankrupt so I N what happens as we have a process that none of us knew about it the government didn't consult as they wanted to get licenses for the hundred years call supply that belong to the British nation and a former Tory Party final teaser has been an after cutting coal mining for GS just happens to walk back into the country when the coalition comes to power set up a company unloaded is being hunted licenses in Scotland wheels and England for billions of tons of coal and basically the he claims that eat has company expects not one of these companies get my license have after what to CT technology has only one plant somewhere in the adult it's banned in Australia but you look on the web States deal claimed the expense and then still Eddie V's funds for Tory Party then you get hunted T&T is what the courts apply the block to the nation to bomb under fwy polluter water but a liability and then Utah campaign yep election David Cameron has just finished a consultation with his ban e planning to stop monitoring equality and England and Wales it plans to close down 600 equality monitoring stations just in time for GCG to police judea you say that the UK government one their initial court case an appeal against a good and no no this appeal is a currently being heard in the Scottish forts trying to stop all this with which is all that stands the cases how's it going so far easy leakey said the appeal start to speak and the Scottish Court because the Scottish Parliament as it in total disagreement advocacy Scottish Parliament quite clearly thinks that environmental law should not be overridden by bankruptcy law so I'll the appeal has been hacked and as far as I know all at the judge's I'm are we to make that decision but there's no decision I see it but basically as far as I know all and it's already established packed in England that they take to complete a funny text just T avoid cleanup costs but at least the Scottish Government is facing about Scottish people to stop David Cameron and key mpg using fancy a canting Tex to make sure the two cleanup and I'm put and beyond the liabilities for scouting the country well yes its situations like this that are going to keep Scotland in the Union full of missus I all like good is just stunning stuff thank you so much mail for sharing it with us tonight thank you did if and if you want to read some more middle Kelly she writes the for the website open democracy dotnet um the there's a wonderful set of articles and and and papers that she's very very heavily researched and and put a lot of effort into just gonna open democracy dotnet and type in the name L Kelly thats kewl white and male forces Mb L %uh you will keep you informed as the story continues to move forward but I won't say it's surprising but it certainly is stunning you want to review what does Campbell stay right here