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Cuadrilla to drill fifth Lancs borehole next month
Cuadrilla drill rig the ‘Lord Browne’ is scheduled to drill the company’s fifth borehole in Lancashire next month. The plan was revealed in a investor presentation by Cuadrilla parent AJ Lucas. The drill rig, named by activists the ‘Lord Browne’ after Cuadrilla director and government executive John Browne, has been used on all Cuadrilla’s boreholes […]
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The fracking Czar – Lord John Browne
As 30% owner of UK fracker Cuadrilla, and with a seat in the heart of government, Lord John Browne is the UK’s fracking Czar. Indeed, John Browne is an extraordinarily powerful man. Notorious for his involvement in raising student tuition fees and as a twelve-year head of controversial oil company BP, Browne is now an […]
PRESS RELEASE: Activists denounce earthquake report as `dangerous distraction`
The release today of a second report into the earthquakes caused by Cuadrilla resources’ fracking activity in Lancashire has been met with disdain from environmental activists. The report, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), concludes that, ‘it would not be possible to state categorically that no further earthquakes will be experienced […]
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Cuadrilla sent back to the drawing board
After admitting causing earthquakes last year, UK fracker Cuadrilla’s plans were dealt a blow last week as the company was told to conduct more seismic testing. The company estimates this will cost an extra £1.5m. Since a test frack caused an earthquake in 2011, the UK government has been liaising with the US-led fracker about […]
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Cuadrilla boss mauled at West Sussex public meeting
Cuadrilla boss Mark Miller received a tongue lashing at a public meeting in Balcombe, West Sussex, last night. 300 people – including 100 standing – packed Balcombe’s Victory hall to hear the Cuadrilla CEO expound on the company’s controversial Hydraulic Fracturing technique, scheduled to take place a mile from the village. (Listen to a recording […]
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Anti-fracking activists storm Cuadrilla rig for second time in a month
Activists have settled in for a long-term occupation of Cuadrilla’s drilling rig in Hesketh Banks, Lancashire for the second time in a month. The controversial proposed fracking site was shut down This morning as 8 Bristol cyclists stormed the drilling rig. Three of the climate justice campaigners from Bristol Rising Tide scaled the rig with […]
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Fracking lobbyists shows the truth of the Occupy movement
For those who ask: ‘what are the Occupy protests about?’ oil and gas lobbyists are a great example of the business elite’s hidden power inside government. Take the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). To get around public anger, the company behind the UK’s first fracking project, Cuadrilla, generate behind-the-scenes political support through Guildford District […]
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Press Release: Anti-Fracking Day of Action, as Cuadrilla’s Report Confirms that Fracking Causes Earthquakes
E-mail: media@frack-off.org Phone: Nathan- 07858614861 Twitter: @frack_off Website: www.frack-off.org Yesterday saw a day of anti-fracking action as ‘Frack Off’ activists stormed a drilling rig in the morning and staged a ‘frack mob’ in the afternoon. At 5.30 this morning, nine members of anti-fracking network Frack Off halted work at Cuadrilla Resources drilling site in […]
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