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Fracking Trucks On The Roll In Lancashire & Surrey – Time To Resist
Today people across the country have been resisting fracking trucks invading their communities. At Preston New Road in Lancashire Cuadrilla Resources is trying to construct a frack pad for the largest fracking tests in this country so far. At Brockham in Surrey Angus Energy is trying to drill a sidetrack off an existing well which […]
Radioactive Fracking Waste May Be Destined For Middlesbrough
Cuadrilla Resources are planning the largest fracking tests to date in Lancashire. The radioactive liquid waste from drilling and fracking has to go somewhere and Brand Sands near Middlesbrough is a possible destination. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THIS SITE PLEASE GET IN TOUCH: outreach@frack-off.org The Bran Sands Treatment Works is operated by Northumbrian Water on […]
20,000 Vehicle Movements Per Fracking Test Site In Lancashire
Cuadrilla Resources are planning the largest fracking tests to date in Lancashire. With support sites all over the UK and thousands of fracking trucks carrying millions of gallons of toxic/radioactive waste. WHEREVER YOU LIVE IN THE UK YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TO STOP FRACKING, FIND OUT HOW… An organised community is THE best defence against […]
Cuadrilla Moves In On Planned Lancashire Fracking Site
Contractors (AE Yates Ltd) working for Cuadrilla Resources have moved in on land where it has permission to construct the largest fracking development in the UK. Cuadrilla needs to construct an access road and large frac pad on fields north of Preston New Road before drilling can begin. Local communities are massively opposed to this […]
Large Earthquake Occurs Near Fracking Investor Engie’s New Gas Platform
Less than a month after the largest new gas field in the UK North Sea was brought online by fracking investor Engie (formally GDF Suez) the largest UK earthquake in almost a decade has struck within miles of the new platforms, and was felt onshore 100 miles away. The Cygnus field began producing gas just […]
Huge Victory For Community Campaign – 80% Of Citizen Said Ban Frac Sand
Winona County, Minnesota has placed a total ban on the strip-mining of frac sand in rural areas. The central transport hub for the region was targeted by Citizens taking direct action in 2012, they also dumped frac sand on the steps of city hall. In 2013, more than 100 people blocked the trucks with their […]
Radioactive Fracking Waste May Be Destined For Stoke-on-Trent
Cuadrilla Resources are planning the largest fracking tests to date in Lancashire. The radioactive liquid waste from drilling and fracking has to go somewhere and Valley Works near Stoke-on-Trent is a possible destination. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THIS SITE PLEASE GET IN TOUCH: outreach@frack-off.org The Valley Works, operated by Castle Environmental in the Longport area […]
EPA Finally Confirms Fracking Risks To Drinking Water On An Unknown Scale
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s final report on a five-year study finds hydraulic fracturing can in fact contaminate drinking water. They found cases of effects on drinking water at each stage of the fracking water cycle, from acquisition to disposal. Due to severe data and information gaps, the agency said it could not gauge the extent […]