This morning nine people from the national anti-fracking network Frack Off have halted work at Cuadrilla Resources’ drilling site in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire. They ran on to the fracking site early this morning and scaled the drilling rig using climbing equipment. They aim to sit on top of the drilling rig for as long as […]
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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, […]
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 […]
One third of new UK drilling licenses are for gas
Gas is the new black. Of 60 applications to drill onshore in the UK in the latest drilling round, 20 were for gas. Details of recent drilling licenses reveal one third of the applicants applied to drill for Coal Bed Methane, Shale gas and regular gas. To sort through this mess, the UK government divides […]
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 […]
Why is a Guildford District Councillor running Cuadrilla’s website?
A look at Cuadrilla’s website reveals several bland documents. An application form for a job at the company, as well as various media and company pdfs. All very innocuous. Looking at the author of these documents, however, reveals a more malign influence: Nick Sutcliffe, Conservative Councillor for Ash South & Tongham Ward, and a member […]
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 >>
This Tuesday Tell the Industry to Frack Off!
Anti-Frackers, This Monday and Tuesday, industry experts will be holding a conference in London to discuss new shale gas projects and market (wretch) opportunities. The conference is called Unconventional Gas, Global Opportunities and will be held at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury. This event is screaming out for some counter-propaganda. The green-wash that will be […]