Category Archives: Rolling blockade

Woodburn Forest Day 85 (Mon 9th May)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade Drilling Rig On Road To Site In Woodburn Forest, Co. Antrim (Click To Enlarge)

Community blockade drilling rig on road to site in Woodburn Forest, Co. Antrim where fracking company Infrastrata are trying to operate an exploratary drill site.

Woodburn Forest Day 21 (Sun 6th Mar)

Posted on March 7, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade Of Site In Woodburn Forest, Co. Antrim Where Infrastrata Trying To Construct A Fracking Site (Click To Enlarge)

Some photos from ‘Walk in the Wood’ at the Woodburn Forest blockade. A very enjoyable and fun day for all in the forest! Fracking company Infrastrata are trying to construct an exploratary drill site in the Woodburn Forest.

Woodburn Forest Day 8 (Mon 22nd Feb)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by radix

Infrastrata Trying To Sneak In A Fell Trees At Woodburn Forest in Co. Antrim Site Despite The Fracking Blockade (Click To Enlarge)

Fracking company Infrastrata are trying to fell trees at the Woodburn Forest site. Dozens of police, security guards, and workers with chainsaws. They sneaked in through a small access track at the back of the site. More support needed.

Woodburn Forest Day 7 (Sun 21st Feb)

Posted on February 21, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade OF Infrastrata Planned Drilling Site In The Woodburn Forest in Co. Antrim (Click To Enlarge)

Blockade of fracking company Infrastrata planned exploration drilling site the Woodburn Forest in County Antrim to the north of Carrickfergus continuing, with the community blocking the access to the site. Come down and support the blockade.

Woodburn Forest Day 5 (Fri 19th Feb)

Posted on February 19, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade OF Infrastrata Planned Drilling Site In The Woodburn Forest in Co. Antrim (Click To Enlarge)

Woodburn Forest Day 4 (Thurs 18th Feb)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade OF Infrastrata Planned Drilling Site In The Woodburn Forest in Co. Antrim (Click To Enlarge)

Woodburn Forest Day 1 (Mon 15th Feb)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by radix

Community Blockade OF Infrastrata Planned Drilling Site In The Woodburn Forest in Co. Antrim (Click To Enlarge)

Fracking company Infrastrata are trying to construct the pad for an exploration drilling site the Woodburn Forest in County Antrim to the north of Carrickfergus. As with a number of other supposedly conventional exploration wells in recent years the well is planned to be drilled considerably deeper than its main conventional targets to acquire data for potentially unconventional extraction. The site in very close to a major reservior and local community is mobilsing to blockade the site. Come down and support the blockade.

Upton Day 648 (Tues 12th Jan) Camp Eviction

Posted on January 12, 2016 by radix

Local People Massing On Road Outside As IGas Try To Evict Camp In Upton, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge)

See below for more photos

Eviction attempt underway since this morning! Get down to the camp if you can. Both ends of Duttons Lane have been closed by the police (potential access across fields). Large numbers of police and baliffs, but people are still occupying the site and need support.

The camp is using a variety of direct action tactics to resist the eviction, including tree houses, scaffold towers, lock-ons and tunnels. An eviction requiring a wide variety of specialist equipment and personnel, including climbing and tunneling teams will be much more expensive. By dragging out the eviction for as long as possible, IGas’s costs are costs are increased, which is all investors care about.

Up to 11 people have been arrested so far (mainly for obstruction), but other are still holding out and the eviction is obviously taking much longer than hoped for. One person has single-handedly stopped a digger from being brought onto the site by jumping on top of it. Flood lights are being brought in, so looks like they are expecting eviction to continue into night. One person being cut off scaffold platform as night it falling.

For almost 2 years the Camp has been occupying a site where fracking company IGas Energy has planning permission to drilling a coalbed methane (CBM) well. It’s presence has defended the community from becoming a regional foothold for the industry.