Yearly Archives: 2017
Legal Challenge Fails – Join The Fracking Resistance Across The UK
A high court judge has dismissed the final legal challenges to Cuadrilla’s fracking plans in Lancashire. This brings to an end Cuadrilla’s planning battle, but with months of delays at the site and increasing resistance targeting suppliers and support sites the real battle is only just beginning. Wherever you live in the UK, fracking is […]
10,000 Tonnes Of Fracking Waste Destined for Radioactive Landfill Near Peterborough
Cuadrilla Resources are planning the largest fracking tests to date in Lancashire. The solid radioactive waste from drilling has to go somewhere and Kings Cliffe near Peterborough is the likely destination. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THIS SITE PLEASE GET IN TOUCH: outreach@frack-off.org The Kings Cliffe Landfill (also known as the “East Northants Resource Management Facility”) […]
Frack Off April Newsletter: Fighting Fracking On Multiple Fronts
Contents Jump straight to: Introduction Take Action Latest News Actions & Events Planning Applications & Appeals Local Anti-Fracking Groups Introduction Across the country the fracking industry is on the offensive, but in 2017 fracking resistance has never been stronger. Over 300 community groups (and rising) are preparing to meet this challenge. Low oil prices are […]
Cuadrilla’s Fracking Web Of Destruction: Site Construction Companies
The web of companies involved in the construction of Cuadrilla Resources’ fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire continues to grow but so does the community resistance to the destructive project. Continue reading
Community Resistance Costs Frackers & Government!!!
Cash-strapped Lancashire Police has said an extra £450,000 a month will be needed to cover police costs at Preston New Road. It is estimated that in the past financial year it spent £200,000 on top of its annual budget on policing fracking. Read full article… Information about the number of arrests has also been released […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Tues 4th Apr, 2017
Tuesday saw ongoing blockade of Preston New Road fracking site and 5 arrests – Lancashire communities are continuing to resist construction of a new fracking site by Cuadrilla Resources at Preston New Road near Blackpool. A rolling blockade of the construction is taking place daily outside the site and is having a significant effect in […]
Communities Respond To Growing Fracking Threat In The Weald
Saturday in Billingshurst, West Sussex saw the community rally against the fracking threat to their village and the Weald. Fracking company UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) is planning to drill a test well at Broadford Bridge near Billingshurst into the Kimmeridge Clay shale formation Continue reading
Weald Fracking Update (Billingshurst): Sat 1st Apr, 2017
Community in Billingshurst rallies against fracking threat in the Weald. Fracking company UKOG is planning to drill a test well at Broadford Bridge near Billingshurst into the Kimmeridge Clay shale formation.