Environmental protectors picketed Manchester Civil Justice Centre yesterday against an attempt by gas fracking company Cuadrilla to impose the latest in a series of chilling injunctions against green direct action. Summing up for the case is due today as the firm tries to ban trespass on its drill site at Preston New Road, obstruction of the
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Summer anti-fossil fuel campaigns ramp up in Durham and Lanchashire
Direct action at the Banks Group site in Pont Valley has sparked what campaigners say is a police effort at public vilification, while Cuadrilla braces for Block Around the Clock. With the weather improving, both development and public campaigning against coal and frack gas extraction are moving into higher gear this month, with a blockade
Lorry surfers out in Lancashire as fracking’s viability comes under fire
Green direct action which has slowed development of controversial gas fracking to a crawl at key test sites saw more blockade work yesterday as it emerged that the potential of the industry in Britain to turn a profit is minimal. The winter has seen frequent protests continue at Preston New Road, near Blackpool, against the Cuadrilla
Family on trial over Lancashire anti-frack protests
Seven people, including three generations of the same family, are in court today charged with “obstructing the highway” during anti-fracking protests near Blackpool last year. As the trial got underway supporting campaign Reclaim The Power reported a strong showing of solidarity at Preston Magistrates Court. The seven were part of last July’s Rolling Resistance month
Lancashire: Activists Perform Lock-on at Preston New Road Fracking Site
In the early hours on Friday anti-fracking campaigners locked themselves onto the entrance of the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire. The well co-ordinated action was executed amid double security and the police present at the site at around 5am. Despite that activists managed to successfully block the site for hours, with the second lock-
Ellen Gibson on climate campaigning and fighting frack
Ellen Gibson is a leading campaigner for fossil fuel divestment involved with 350.org and Reclaim The Power. In this interview, originally done by Milan Rai for Peace News, she talks about how she got into green activism and why it’s important not to give up on what seems an intractable situation Ellen Gibson: It’s been a slogan for
Protectors occupy Surrey oil drill site
Environmental activists are calling for supporters to join them and bring useful tools to help bed in at a UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) drill site in Horse Hill, which they occupied at 4.30am yesterday. Update: The camp was cleared out on December 2nd After 24 (very cold) hours in the woods, which included holding
Judge extends swingeing injunction barring fracking protests against Ineos
Environmental activists were heavily restricted at or banned from seven sites belonging to frack firm Ineos today, along with the surrounding roads. The wide-ranging Chancery Division ruling by judge Morgan represents a major extension of legal cover for the firm and has sparked fears that other fracking companies could piggyback their own injunctions against activists.
Lorry surfing farmer takes on Third Energy at Kirby Misperton
A local lorry-surfer provided the latest disruption to Third Energy today as the fracking front line remains febrile at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire. The man, a farmer potentially affected by drilling which has in previous cases severely polluted groundwater, jumped onto the vehicle after a slow walk protest in the early afternoon. Having set
Conference aims to bring together fracking resistance nationwide
Following a long summer of anti-fracking protests which, as this is being written, are continuing to kick off in new places across Britain today, Reclaim The Power has announced a major conference for later this month to spread the lessons learned from its Rolling Resistance campaign and look at what comes next. With Kirby Misperton