Yearly Archives: 2018
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Sat 20th Oct, 2018
Lancashire communities are continuing to resist fracking at Preston New Road near Blackpool, where Cuadrilla Resources has drilled of 2 shale gas appraisal wells and is now trying to conduct to hydraulic fracturing on them. A rolling blockade is taking place daily outside the site and is having a significant effect in disrupting Cuadrilla’s plans. […]
Fracking Lancashire: Communities Rally Against Cuadrilla’s Frac Site
On Saturday in excess of 2000 people from communities across the country rallied outside the Cuadrilla Resources fracking site at Preston New Road site in Lancashire. Hydraulic fracturing of the first of 2 wells at the site began this week, and has already caused 5 small earthquakes in 3 days. Cuadrilla are planning to frac […]
Fracking Lancashire: First Few Stages Of First Well Cause 5 Earthquakes
Since Cuadrilla Resources began hydraulic fracturing the first of 2 wells at its flagship Preston New Road site in Lancashire it has caused 5 earthquakes (in 3 days), with a general trend of increasing size over time. While the earthquakes are small (so far), they are almost always powerlaw distributed, so for every few small […]
Lancs Fracking Update (PNR) – Mon 15th Oct
Lancashire communities are continuing to resist fracking at Preston New Road near Blackpool, where Cuadrilla Resources has drilled of 2 shale gas appraisal wells and is now trying to conduct to hydraulic fracturing on them. A rolling blockade is taking place daily outside the site and is having a significant effect in disrupting Cuadrilla’s plans.
Stop The Start Of Fracking – Massive Industrialisation Threat After 7 Years Of Delays
Frack Free Lancashire – Come to Maple Farm next to Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road to make a stand against this unwanted toxic “zombie” industry. Tell Cuadrilla that we have said no and that we will continue to say no. * No to fracking at Preston New Road * No to fracking at […]
East Midlands Fracking Update (Springs Rd) – Weds 3rd Oct, 2018
Fracking company IGas Energy has begun trying to construct a shale gas exploration site at Springs Road in Misson, Nottinghamshire. Frack Free Misson, supported groups from across the East Midlands, is resisting the ongoing construction efforts. Currently the conductor casing is being set before the drilling phase begins, but drilling is expected to take place […]
People Protecting Lancashire Jailed As Cuadrilla Prepare To Frack Site
As fracking company Cuadrilla Resources prepares to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations on 2 wells it has drilled at Preston New Road in Lancashire, the state is ramping up oppression against the communities resisting these developments. More than 300 people have been arrested since Cuadrilla began constructing a fracking pad at the site in January […]
The UK’s First Anti-Fracking Community Group Stops Fracking Site
Back in 2011 when speculative fracking outfit Cuadrilla Resources started drilling sites across Lancashire, the UK’s first andti-fracking community group was formed. Ribble Estuary Agains Fracking (REAF) got organised to oppose Cuadrilla’s drill site on farmland surrounded by fields of cabbages and an RSPB reserve. The group have doggedly pursued Cuadrilla for nearly 7 years […]