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Press Release: Anti-fracking protesters plan to shut down an industry environmental summit.
E-mail: media@frack-off.org Phone: 07931195505 Twitter: @frack_off Website: www.frack-off.org Anti-fracking protesters plan to shut down £1500-a-ticket industry summit National anti-fracking network ‘Frack Off’ have called for the UK’s first mass action against fracking at a Shale Gas Environmental Summit. On Wednesday 2nd November at 3pm, protesters will meet outside the Copthorne Tara Hotel with gas masks, […]
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Frack Off (London) put pressure on in the big city
So. Today our friends from Cuadrilla had a meeting with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). They were there to present the results of their ‘earthquake study’ into their geomechanical operations, and report on how they plan to minimise the possibility of earthquakes. Note, by the way, that I call it ‘their’ earthquake […]
Campaigners Tell Cuadrilla to Frack Off
Anti-fracking group ‘Frack Off – London’ rallied outside the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today where industry pioneers ‘Cuadrilla Resources’ were presenting of the results of their earthquake study. The campaigners staged a mock confrontation with ‘Cuadrilla professionals’ to protest against the dangers of fracking. Hydraulic Fracturing, or ‘fracking’ is a controversial method […]
Naked Activists Expose the Bare Faced Cheek of Aviation Biofuels
Nice bit of Direct Action yesterday, as Plane Stupid Activists stripped naked in Birmingham airport to disrupt the first flight to be powered by biofuels in the UK. Inspiring stuff. Great to see people highlighting the aviation industry’s blatant greenwashing by putting their bodies (quite literally) in the way. In July 2011, commercial airlines received […]
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Vale council defer fracking gas test drilling decision
Councillors in the Vale of Glamorgan have decided to postpone their decision on whether to allow or refuse gas drilling until a site visit next month. For the full story check out BBC Wales >>
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Who are Cuadrilla – Company Overview – Nov 2014
Like many medium-sized companies, Cuadrilla is a network of companies owned by a parent. The parent is the most important bit: this ‘holding company’ is Cuadrilla Resource Holdings Ltd (CRH). CRH owns nine further UK companies, and seven in Europe (see below for all CRC’s companies). Each company is seperate from, but owned by, CRH. […]
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The march from Camp Frack
As the dust settles after Camp Frack it’s my job now to describe the events of yesterday, try to sum up the camp as a whole and discern a way forward from here, personally and for the campaign. This last bit is not going to be easy for me, not least because my feelings at […]
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Some insight into Cuadrilla’s PR strategy
Cuadrilla have recently become increasing vocal about the fact that shale gas extraction has been going on in the UK for decades, so there’s nothing to worry about. In their PR they refer to their site at Elswick as a well that’s been producing gas safely since 1992. In a debate that took place at […]
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