Updated list of key events on fracking and onshore oil and gas in April 2015
- National day of action
- Rallies
- Meetings
- Industry conference
- Planning appeal
- Hustings
Wednesday 1st April
Fracking? As Christians, should we have a view? Public Meeting, 7.30pm, St Anthony’s Church social club, Cadley Causeway, Preston PR2 3RX Details
Rally to mark 4th anniversary of earthquake caused by Cuadrilla’s operation at Preese Hall, 10am, outside the Harris Museum, Flag Market, Preston PR1 2PP
One man and a chair: anti-fracking campaigner, Gayzer Frackman, invites supporters of fracking, regulators, politicians and experts to debate the issue, 1pm-4pm, outside Lancashire County Council offices, PR1 8XJ Details
Thursday 2nd April
One man and a chair: anti-fracking campaigner, Gayzer Frackman, invites supporters of fracking, regulators, politicians and experts to debate the issue, 1pm-4pm, outside Lancashire County Council offices, PR1 8XJ Details
Friday 3rd April
One man and a chair: anti-fracking campaigner, Gayzer Frackman, invites supporters of fracking, regulators, politicians and experts to debate the issue, 1pm-4pm, outside Lancashire County Council offices, PR1 8XJ Details
Sunday 5th April
Easter Family Fun, 12 noon, Borras Community Protection Camp, Wrexham LL13 9TG Details
Friday 10th April
Beware the frack-free promise: Public meeting organised by Keep Billingshurst Frack Free, 7pm, Billingshurst Community and Conference Centre, Roman Way, Billingshurst RH14 9QW Details
Saturday 11th April
Friends of the Earth National Day of Action on fracking Events across the country to mark four years frack free Details
Anti-fracking rally, Brighton, 12 noon, location to be confirmed, Details
Monday 13th April
Is fracking a good idea? Monthly meeting of North Yorkshire Humanist Group. Val and Jon Mager talk about the reasons for their opposition to fracking, 7.30m, Denham Room, Priory Street Centre, York YO1 6ET Details
Wednesday 15th April
Woodplumpton Parish Council public meeting to discuss Cuadrilla’s transport plans for proposed Roseacre Wood site, 7pm, Woodplumpton Primary School. Details
Shale World UK, International Conference Centre, Birmingham, Details
Thursday 16th April
Shale World UK, International Conference Centre, Birmingham, Details
Saturday 18th April
Public meeting on fracking, 2pm-4pm, Thornton Methodist Church Hall, 60 Victoria Road East, Thornton FY5 5HQ, Lancashire Details
Monday 20th April
Public meeting on fracking, 7pm-9pm, Thornton Methodist Church Hall, 60 Victoria Road East, Thornton FY5 5HQ, Lancashire Details
Tuesday 21st April
Mid Sussex General Election hustings, chaired by Andrew Pendleton, head of campaigners, Friends of the Earth, 7.45pm for 8pm, Clair Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3DN Free but must be booked. Details
Utility Week Live exhibition and conference, NEC Brimingham Details
Wednesday 22nd April
Start of appeal by Europa Oil and Gas against refusal of planning permission to drill at Bury Hill Wood, off Coldharbour Lane, Holmwood, Surrey. 10am, venue to be confirmed, estimated to last seven days. Details of appeal hearing. Details of appeal case
Fracking and the imagination, public forum of science, art and politics, 9.30am-11.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, SY23 3DE Details
Utility Week Live exhibition and conference, NEC Brimingham Details
Thursday 23rd April
Farmers and landowners meeting, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Jubilee Hall, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8NH Details
Utility Week Live exhibition and conference, NEC Brimingham Details
Saturday 25th April
Frack Free Ryedale Malton March, 12 noon, meeting point to be confirmed, Details
Sunday 26th April
Free film screening of Voices from the Gasfields, 7pm, All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE (entrance on Eaton Road) Details
Thursday 30th April
Anti-fracking protest, 9am, Preston, Lancashire. Details to be confirmed
Categories: Industry, Legal, Opposition, Regulation