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Communities Mobilising To Resist Threat From Nottinghamshire Frack Pads
Trucks are rolling in an attempt to construct the East Midlands first fracking sites at Springs Road in Misson and Tinker Lane near Blyth, in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire. Frack Free Misson and Frack Free Tinker Lane, supported by groups from across the region and beyond, are resisting these ongoing construction efforts. In production fracking in the region could see thousands of wells drilled across the region, if not stopped. Continue reading
Lancashire Communities Continue To Resist Cuadrilla’s Fracking Plans
As an inquiry opens into Cuadrilla’s long stalled plans for a second fracking appraisal site at Roseacre Wood in Lancashire, the fact that work at its first site Preston New Road site is 8 months behind schedule and counting shows that official permission alone guarantees nothing if local communities are mobilised to resist Continue reading
Ineos Fracking Survey Hits Derbyshire!
Seismic survey crews contracted by fracking company Ineos Upstream from military logistics specialist Arturius International have begun laying cables in fields and woods across Derbyshire. Concerned community members have taken pictures of cabling, workers and machinery and are concerned about the impact on wildlife. Ineos plans to survey large portions of the 1.2 millions acres of its fracking licence […]
North Yorkshire Communities Hold Off Fracking At Kirby Misperton
Fracking company Third Energy is withdrawing equipment it had previously brought onto at its Kirby Misperton site in North Yorkshire, to save money while it struggles to obtain final permission to carry out hydraulic fracturing tests. Continue reading
Say No to Fracking Company Cuadrilla Returning to Balcombe in 2018
Cuadrilla have applied for permission to return to Lower Stumble Drill Site, London Road, Balcombe to flow test the well they drilled despite massive opposition in the Summer of 2013. They are seeking permission to try to extract oil from the horizontal well and install a 14m high flare to burn off the gases produced in the process. Continue reading
Trucks Rolling To Construct East Midlands Fracking Site
Fracking company IGas Energy has begun trying to construct a shale gas exploration site at Springs Road in Misson, Nottinghamshire. Frack Free Misson, supported groups from across the East Midlands, is resisting the ongoing construction efforts as trucks have begun to roll. Continue reading
Horse Hill Fracking Site Occupied As Tight Oil Threat Grows
Support is needed at Horse Hill fracking site north of Gatwick Airport where a new occupation has begun as threat of further testing looms. Fracking companies, including UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) and Angus Energy are pushing forward with plans to frack whole swaths of Sussex and Surrey. Continue reading
Fracking Equipment, Materials And Waste: How Is Your Region Affected?
Norfolk Against Fracking are resisting fracking equipment and materials being transport through their county and are paying regular visits to fracking transport companies based in Great Yarmouth (see below). Even is areas where there are no active fracking sites it likely that there will be support site or transport routes nearby. Preparations are almost complete […]