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Fracking on trial – again!
The safety of fracking will be challenged at Preston Magistrates Court this week, as 3 people go on trial following a protest at Cuadrilla’s Hesketh Bank site, Lancashire, in December last year. The trial is expected to last until Thursday. On 1 December 2011, protestors from Bristol Rising Tide occupied the test drilling rig, shutting […]
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Fracking On Trial Next Week
THE TRIAL The trial for the first fracking rig occupation in Lancashire last November kicks off next week. Starting Tuesday 10th July and scheduled to last till Friday 13th July… so four full days at Preston Magistrates Court. If you’re against fracking and want to see it stopped, it’d be great to have your support, […]
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Fracking Protesters Lay Siege to Cuadrilla Drill rig
Twenty Frack Off activists today blockaded Cuadrilla Resource’s drilling rig at its pound in Chesterfield. They descended on the site at 5am and locked themselves to the gates, preventing the rig from moving to its frack site in Lancashire. The UK fracker is preparing to re-commence drilling in July. The blockaded site is owned by […]
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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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Press Release: Natural Gas Drilling Rig Stormed by Anti-Fracking Protesters
This morning nine people from the national anti-fracking network Frack Off have halted work at Cuadrilla Resources’ drilling site in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire. They ran on to the fracking site early this morning and scaled the drilling rig using climbing equipment. They aim to sit on top of the drilling rig for as long as […]
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Blackpool Tower banner drop climbers in court on Tues
On the 6th of August anti-fracking campaigners climbed 500 feet to hang two banners from Blackpool Tower to raise awareness of the huge issues associated with the gas extraction method. A trial relating to the banner drop is being held in Fleetwood Magistrates Court next Tuesday 27th September at 9.45 am. There is one day […]
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Frack Off banner drop from Blackpool Tower
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