Fracking Moratorium or Electioneering?
Fracking Moratorium or Electioneering? December 12th and Brexit May Hold The Key
Tag: Preston New road
The eviction of New Hope anti-fracking camp shows the blurry line between policing and private security
In case you missed it: early this morning, a mob of dog-wielding bailiffs stormed the Camp of New Hope at Preston New Road, evicting frontline anti…
Preston New Road anti-fracking protectors evicted in dawn bailiff attack
In the early hours of this morning New Hope protectors camp near Preston New Road, Lancashire was swarmed by bailiffs and police in a coordinated r…
Climate protectors gather as frack runs into trouble
Green and anti-fracking groups are getting themselves in gear for a renewed Spring of activity over the next few weeks, with Reclaim the Power mobi…
Writing to #FrackFreeFour Prisoners
This is a re-post from Netpol.
BREAKING: Anti-fracking ‘lorry surfers’ receive custodial sentences
Four anti-fracking activists today received harsh sentences following a guilty verdict for public nuisance for direct action they have taken nearby…
Jury finds three guilty over lorry surfing protest near Preston New Road fracking site
After a seven-day trial, three anti-fracking campaigners who took part in a lorry surfing protest near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Preston New R…
Block Around The Clock opens anti-fracking festivities
The first day of a major protector action against gas fracking near Blackpool kicked off yesterday with ska-robics, speeches and activities from a …
Block Around the Clock: days of direct action against the fracking industry
Three major developments in the fight against fracking happened recently.
Pickets as Cuadrilla attempts injunction to ban anti-frack blockades in Lancashire
Environmental protectors picketed Manchester Civil Justice Centre yesterday against an attempt by gas fracking company Cuadrilla to impose the late…
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 br…
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-f…
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.
Violence continues as major rig structures arrive at Lancashire frack site
Police have admitted using force 165 times in just 19 days of the Rolling Resistance against frack mining at Preston New Road, Lanchashire, underli…
The Rolling Resistance full month roundup
The Rolling Resistance month of action against Cuadrilla’s controversial attempts to frack for gas in the Lancashire countryside drew to a cl…
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