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Upton Day 567 (Fri 23rd Oct)
…Camp On Dart Energy’s Planned Fracking Site In Upton, Cheshire (Click To Enlarge) IGas have sent in the bailiffs and police to nail up a notice that they have acquired a 30 year lease to the site. Likely prelude to starting eviction proceedings. See Fracking Company IGas Trys To Intimidate Community In Upton for more details…. Continue reading
Land To The North East Of Grangeview
…r this site appears to expire on Mon 11 Sep 2017. Dart Energy managed to secure planning permission to drill at this site before the outcome of the Airth planning inquiry by threatening Falkirk Council and the RSPB with legal action. Dart have now been taken over by IGas, one of the largest fracking companies operating in the UK. In theory IGas could drill at this site at any time they choose regardless of the outcome of the planning inquiry and a… Continue reading
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Solidarity Sunday – Barton Moss
…reds of people from threatened communities across the country converged on IGas’s fracking site at Barton Moss in Salford. Pictured are a small selection of the many community groups which came to stand in solidarity with the community in Barton Moss. See Fracking Manchester: IGas Threatens Barton Moss and Fracking Threat In The North West for more details. Frack Off See the Barton Moss news page for photos Frack Free Irlam & Cadishead… Continue reading
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Living with an Anti-fracking Camp – A Chester Resident`s Experience
…of Chester threatened by fracking company Dart Energy (recently bought by IGas Energy). Upton hosts a Community Protection Camp set-up on land that has all the required permissions for IGas to start work. The camp celebrated it’s 1 year anniversary at the beginning of April 2015. Upton Community Protection Camp, April 2015 (Click To Enlarge) “Today has been a brilliant day. I walked onto Upton Community Protection Camp this morning to… Continue reading
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A Renewed Fracking Threat: What You Can Do!
…new interest in fracking, with significant investments into Cuadrilla and IGas from major players such as Centrica, Total and GDF Suez during this period. But renewed drilling by Cuadrilla at Balcombe in Sussex and later IGas at Barton Moss near Manchester was met with fierce resistance. This period also saw the entry of chemical giant Ineos into the fracking business, as it began buying up licence areas. A new 14th onshore licencing round in 201… Continue reading
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Frackademics In UK Pushing Industry Spin
…m Energy Institute (DEI), who’s partners include UK fracking company IGas in addition to big names like BP, Chevron and Shell. DEI’s Advisory and Development Boards are also stacked with industry figures. Another of the authors, Prof. Peter Styles, works at Keele University who have allowed IGas to drill an unconventional gas well on their campus. While this may seem bad enough, Durham is also home to ReFINE (Researching Fracking IN Eu… Continue reading
Frack Off April Newsletter: Fighting Fracking On Multiple Fronts
…nd Yorkshire are under increasing threat from the other dirty UK frackers; IGas Energy, Ineos Upstream, UKOG and Third Energy. Take Action What can you do? Everyone can make a difference in the fight against fracking: Get organised: Is there a anti-fracking group defending your community? If so, join it! If not, form one! Spread the word: Organise public meetings, film screenings, street stalls etc. Support other communities: At any point in time… Continue reading
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Trucks Rolling To Construct East Midlands Fracking Site
…he region, is resisting the ongoing construction efforts. Fracking company IGas Energy got planning approval in November 2016 for a shale gas exploration site. The plans call for drilling up to two wells, including one horizontal well. The planned site is off Springs Road in Misson, inside the old MOD rocket site (now Jacksons arms dealers). The licence block covering the area, PEDL 140, is operated by IGas Energy but chemical giant turned fracker… Continue reading
