Updated list of events about fracking and onshore oil and gas including:
- Public meetings
- Rallies
- Conferences
- Planning appeals and decisions
- Film screenings
- Anniversary
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
First birthday party, Upton Protection Camp, Cheshire, 2pm onwards 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
Screening of Voices from the Gasfields, 6pm-8pm, Arts House Café, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU 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
A fracking great gig, benefit event for Borras, Dudleston and Upton camps. 7.30pm-12.30am, British Legion, 20 Heath Road, Upton, Chester, CH2 1HX, price £7. Details
Free screening of Voices from the Gasfields, 7pm for 7.30pm start, Gilling Village, Pottergate, Gilling East YO62 4JJ Details
Sunday 19th April
Free screening of Voices from the Gasfields, 7pm for 7.30pm start, Pickering War Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, YO18 8AA Details
Monday 20th April
Public meeting on fracking, 7pm-9pm, Thornton Methodist Church Hall, 60 Victoria Road East, Thornton FY5 5HQ, Lancashire Details
Public meeting on coal bed methane and alternatives in Shropshire, 7.30pm, Whitchurch Civic Centre Details
Public meeting on fracking with prospective parliamentary candidate, Mike Hill, Assembly Rooms, Lytham, 7.30pm-9.30pm 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 Birmingham Details
Wednesday 22nd April
Scheduled 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
Public meeting on fracking with prospective parliamentary candidate, Mike Hill, Warton Village Hall, 7pm-9pm 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 Birmingham Details
Barclays AGM demo – Tell them not to frack in North Yorkshire, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX, 10.15am-1.30pm Details
Public meeting on fracking with prospective parliamentary candidate, Mike Hill, Elswick Village, 7pm-9pm Details
Saturday 25th April
Rally for Ryedale, Malton, 12 noon-3pm, meeting point to be confirmed Details
Anti-fracking rally, Brighton, 12 noon, location 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
Also in April: Lancashire County Council said it would decide Cuadrilla’s application to drill, frack and test up to four wells at both its proposed sites in the Fylde at Roseacre Wood and Preston New Road.
Tuesday May 5th
Public meeting on fracking with prospective parliamentary candidate, Mike Hill, United Reform Church Hall, St George’s Road, St Annes FY8 2AE, 7pm-9pm, Details
Saturday May 9th
Reclaim the Power “working weekend”, 12 noon on May 9th to 3pm May 10th, venue to be confirmed Details
[Updated on 15/4/15 to include additional listings]
Categories: Industry, Opposition, Regulation
