40+ key dates and events in May 2016, including exhibitions, film screenings, conferences, deadlines, planning decisions, presentations, demonstrations. And advanced notice of 30+ dates later in the year. Updated throughout the month. Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your events.
Monday 2 May 2016
Continuation of exhibition When the future was about fracking by the Paris-based group HeHe. The installation shows a landscape after extensive fracking. Curated by Rob La Frenais and organised by Mette M. 12pm-4pm, Monday-Saturday until 18 May 2016, Centrespace, Visual Research Centre, DJCAD, lower floors of Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking information stall at Chesterfield May Day Market and Parade, Market Place, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 1PB
Screening of Deep Time, 6.15pm, Showroom Cinema, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX. Part of the UK Green Film Festival. Frack Free South Yorkshire will be part of the post-screening panel discussion.
Tuesday 3 May 2016
Deadline for submissions to House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee energy revolution inquiry. Details
Fracking Information evening, 7.30pm, North Dalton Village Hall, near Driffield YO25 9UX Details
Frack Free Yeovil meeting, 7pm, Meadow Road, Yeovil. Details
Wednesday 4 May 2016
David Cameron gives evidence on the European Union to the Liaison Committee – the select committee made up of committee chairs. 4.30pm, The Grimond Road, Portcullis House, Bridge Street, London SW1. Watch hearings online: http://parliamentlive.tv/Committees
Frack Free Dee and Frack Free Northwich information evening, 7.30pm, Community Centre, Church Street, Wincham CW9 6EP Details
Thursday 5 May 2016
Elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, local councils in England and the London Assembly, and for Police and Crime Commissioners and the Mayor of London.
Friday 6 May 2016
Representatives from No Drill No Spill and Communities of Holderness Against On-Shore Drilling will be in Lush, 24 Whitefriargate, Hull HU1 2EX, from 11am-3pm with information, leaflets and updates on Rathlin Energy’s exploratory drilling operations in West Newton, Holderness.
Committee on Climate Change advice on compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting carbon budgets can be published from this date onward (delayed from April because of the Easter recess and the purdah period of local and assembly/parliamentary elections).
Frack off Friday organised by St Helens Anti-Fracking Team, 7pm-late, The Underground Music Bar, 16-18 Shambles Street, Barnsley S70 2SW.
Saturday 7 May
Frack Free East Yorkshire training: Media and Making News. Christian Fellowship, Chapmangate, Pocklington YO42 2AY. Details (see training section)
Meet IGas and UKOOG, open day session organised by Tinker Lane Community Liaison Group, 11am-4pm, Barnby Moor Village Hall, Kennel Drive, Barnby Moor DN22 8QU. Exhibitors include: IGas Energy, UKOOG, Tinker Lane CLG, Bassetlaw Against Fracking, Frack Free Notts, Friends Of the Earth.
Saturday 7 May – Sunday 15 May 2016
Global BreakFree2016 protest against fossil fuels. Details
Sunday 8 May 2016
Going backwards on climate change protest, 12 noon, Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London WC2 Details
Monday 9 May
Deadline for MPs to submit questions to Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd. See 12 May for details on Energy Questions. Details
Presentation by Gary Haywood, chief executive of INEOS Upstream, to local parish and town councillors, Speedwell Rooms, Inkersall Road, Chesterfield S43 3JL. Originally scheduled for 2pm-4.30pm but reports suggest the time was changed late last week to this morning.
Peaceful demonstration outside INEOS meeting, gathering from 1.15pm onwards until 5pm, Speedwell Rooms, Inkersall Road, Chesterfield, S43 3JL. Details
Frack Free Dee and Frack Free Northwich information evening, 7.30pm, community centre, Russet Road, Weaverham, CW8 3HY. Details
Tuesday 10 May
Closing date for INEOS tenders for seismic surveying, legal real estate resilience and security services, legal real estate (land) services, legal planning services, regional land agent services and environmental monitoring services. Link to tender page
Presentation by Gary Haywood, chief executive of INEOS Upstream, to local parish and town councillors, 10am-12 noon, Frodsham Community Centre, The Cottage, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7QN.
Demonstration outside Frodsham Community Centre where INEOS is giving a presentation to parish and town councils, 10am-12 noon, Frodsham Community Centre, The Cottage, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7QN. Details
Campaign meeting, Whitworth Against Fracking, 7pm-9pm, The Cock and Magpie, Cockhall Lane, Tong End, Whitworth, Rochdale OL12 8BJ. Details
No Drill, No Spill event, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Bilton Village Hall, Main Road, Bilton, Hull HU11 4AA. Details
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Energy and Climate Change – oral evidence session on maximising economic recovery of oil and gas. Witnesses: Deirdre Michie, Chief Executive, Oil and Gas UK: Tommy Campbell, Regional Industrial Organiser, Unite the Union; Jake Molloy, Regional Organiser, RMT Union; Nunzia Florio, Communications Director, UK Petroleum Industry Association; and Dr Andy Samuel, Chief Executive, Oil and Gas Authority. 9.30am, The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Bridge Street, London SW1A 2LW. Details
Presentation by Gary Haywood, chief executive of INEOS Upstream, to local parish and town councillors, 10am-12 noon (Ryedale parishes) and 1.30pm-4pm (York parishes), The Milton Rooms, Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7LX
Anti-fracking demonstration, 9am-1.30pm outside the Milton Rooms, Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7LX, Details
Frack Free Dee and Frack Free Northwich information evening, 7.30pm, Recreaton Club, Park Road, Winngton Park, SW8 4EB. Details
Thursday 12 May 2016
Anti-fracking protest outside the Scottish Parliament. Campaigners have said they will extend a banner showing the names of MSPs and their promises on fracking as they go to be sworn into the parliament. 9am, Scottish Parliament, Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh EH99 1SP. Details
Energy questions to Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, 9.30am, House of Commons, London SW1. Details
North Yorkshire County Council says the officers’ recommendation on Third Energy’s application NY/2015/0233/ENV to frack its KM8 well at Kirby Misperton will be published by the end of the day on the application website. Application details
Case for injunctive relief to be heard in the High Court in Belfast following granting of a judicial review to campaigners opposing Infrastrata’s plans to drill in Woodburn Forest, Antrim.
Acoustic fundraising event for No Drill, No Spill, 7.30pm, The Back room, 175a Hallgate, Cottingham, HU16 4BB. Details
Frack Free Cleveland meeting, 7pm, , Saltburn House, Saltburn TS12 1BX. Details
Frack Free Scarborough film and Q/A, 7pm-9pm, Central Library, Vernon Road,Scarborough YO11 2NN. Details
Frack Free Nottinghamshire public meeting in Gotham, 7.30pm, Village Hall, Nottingham Road, Gothan, NG11 0HE. Details
Saturday 14 May 2016
Non-violent direct action training, 10am-4pm, The Hive, The Annex Community Enterprise Centre, Cottingham Road, Hull HU5 2DH. Details
Friday 13 May 2016
Ed Miliband on climate change. 7pm, King Edward VII School, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2PW. Free entry. Frack Free South Yorkshire has a stall.
Sunday 15 May 2016
Walk and rally organised by Frack Free Dearne Valley. 1.30pm from RSPB Old Moor Wetland Centre, Barnsley S73 0YF to Manvers Waterside Boathouse, Staton Road, Wath-upon-Dearne S63 7DG.
East Yorkshire fracking teach-in. Cass Hall, King Street, Driffield, YO25 6QW Contact for details
Monday 16 May 2016
Public meeting of local plan working group of Cheshire West and Chester Council. The meeting is to determine Part 2 of the Local Plan, including planning applications for unconventional gas and oil extraction. 6pm, Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford CW7 1AH. Details
Frack Free Lyme Regis, planning meeting, 7.30pm, The Flat, 53 Broad Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3QF. Details
Frack Free Leeds meeting, 6pm, The George, 67-60 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB. Details
Frack Free Chorley & South Ribble monthly meeting, 7pm, Eaves Green Community Centre, Cottage Fields, Chorley, PR7 3QE. Details
Tuesday 17 May 2016
Meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas, “the unknowns of fracking” with Richard Davies, of ReFine, and Emma Pinchbeck, of WWF. Invitation only.
Private formal site visit to Third Energy’s proposed fracking site by members of North Yorkshire County Council’s Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee. Details
Frack Free South Yorkshire rural parishes public meeting, 7pm, The Pickburn Arms, Pickburn, Doncaster, DN5 7UZ. Details
Bassetlaw Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm. Details and contact for venue
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Shale World UK conference, described as the largest gathering of stakeholders in the UK shale gas industry, 9am-7pm, ILEC Conference Centre, 47 Lillie Rd, London SW6 1UD.Details
Fracking information evening, 7.30pm, Filey Evron Centre, John Street, Filey, YO14 9DW.
Thursday 19 May 2016
Closing date for consultation on IGas planning application to drill up to two exploratory shale gas boreholes at Springs Road, Misson, north Nottinghamshire. Application details
Shale World UK conference, described as the largest gathering of stakeholders in the UK shale gas industry, 9am-4.30pm, ILEC Conference Centre, 47 Lillie Rd, London SW6 1UD.Details
Screening of The River, a film narrated by Michael Sheen, telling the story of the River Afan in south west Wales near Pontryhdyfen and the possible of the unconventional gas and oil industries moving into the area. 7pm, St Pancras Community Centre, 67 Plender Street, London NW1 0LB. Details and booking
No Drill, No Spill event, 7.30pm-9.30pm, The Old Town Hall, Market Place, Driffield, YO25 7AN
Frack Free Somerset solidarity visit to Rally for Ryedale. Leaving 3pm from Town Hall, Glastonbury BA6 9EL and 4.15pm from Bristol , returning 9.30pm on Friday 20 May. Details
Friday 20 May 2016
North Yorkshire County Council’s Planning and Regulatory Functions committee meets to discuss Third Energy’s application NY/2015/0233/ENV to frack its KM8 well at Kirby Misperton. Application details. Committee meets at 10am at County Hall, North Yorkshire County Council, Northallerton, DL7 8AD. Details and links to planning reports and link to live stream of meeting The meeting is expected to continue on Monday 23 May 2016.
Rally for Ryedale – keep the UK frack free. Demonstration o9am-5pm, utside North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD/ Details
Uniting the Roses Against Fracking Bus from Fylde/Preston to Northallerton. Frack Free Lancashire’s bus is travelling to North Yorkshire County Council offices. Pick up points and return details here
Frack Free Dee and Frack Free Northwich information evening, 7.30pm, Social Club, Middlewich Road, Rudheath CW9 7DN Details
Saturday 21 May 2016
Effective campaigning, working together training by Frack Free East Yorkshire. Christian Fellowship, Chapmangate, Pocklington YO42 2AY. Details (see training section)
No Fracking in Barnsley, leafleting, 1pm, May Day Green, Barnsley town centre.
Frack Off Glasgow Folk Against Fracking fundraiser, 7.30pm-3.30am, Carlton Studios, 54 Carlton Place, Glasgow, G5 9TW. Details
Monday 23 May 2016
Continuation of meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s Planning and Regulatory Functions committee meets to discuss Third Energy’s application NY/2015/0233/ENV to frack its KM8 well at Kirby Misperton. Application details. Committee meets at 9.30am at County Hall, North Yorkshire County Council, Northallerton, DL7 8AD. Details and links to planning reports and link to live stream of meeting
Screening of film by Jo and Steve White’s visit to Pennsylvania and talk including local GP, Tim Thornton, 7pm, Broadbelt Hall, Glasshouses, Nr Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, HG3 5QY
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Free training for groups by Seeds of Change, hosted by Whitworth Against Fracking, 7pm-9pm, Rochdale Labour Club, 89 Oldham Road, Rochdale OL16 5QR. Details
Screening of Living with Fracking, film by Jo and Steve White, 7.30pm-10pm, Red Shed, 178 Vicarage Street, Wakefield, WF1 1QX. Details
Wednesday 25th May 2016
IGas AGM and publication of annual report and accounts. Initial details
Trowbridge Area Frack Free planning meeting, 7.30pm-9pm, social club, Newtown, Trowbridge. Details
Are we going to be fracked? Presentation and discussion by Frack Free South Yorkshire, 7pm, Stocksbridge Community Forum, The Venue, 650 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield S36 1AJ.
Presentation by Dr Daniel Tormey, Catalyst Environmental Solutions, on environmental impacts of fracking for shale gas and oil, 6.30pm-8.30pm, Aberdeen Douglas Hotel. Part of a monthly programme of technical presentations organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen and sponsored by Expro and Statoil. Details
Drilling the Island – how could it affect you? Frack Free Isle of Wight public meeting, 7pm-9pm, Newchurch School, School Close, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 0NL. Details
Frack Free Ashfield public meeting, 7.30pm, Mansfield Weatherspoons. Details
Thursday 26 May 2016
Frack Free Pocklington screening of Living with Fracking film followed by discussion. 7pm, Pocklington Arts Centre, Market Place, Pocklington, North Yorkshire, YO42 2A
In versus out: an energy perspective. Panel discussion by the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources on the implications of the EU referendum on UK energy and policy, 4.30pm-6.30pm, Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Details
Friday 27 May
Keep East Lancashire Frack Free meeting, 7pm, St , Leonard’s Church, Padiham. Details
Saturday 28 May 2016
Sheffield says no to fracking in North Yorkshire rally, 12 noon, outside Barclays Bank, Pinstone Street, Sheffield S1 2HP. Details and more here
Sherwood Forest public meeting, 2pm-4pm, Studio 3, The Old Library, Leeming Street, Mansfield, NG18 1NG. Details
Sunday 29 May 2016
Frack Free wild medicine walk to raise money for court costs and fines. Meet 12 noon at the layby on Barton Moss Lane, Barton Moss, Manchester M30 7. Details
Tuesday 31 May
Fracking awareness meeting organised by local councillors and anti-fracking groups about Aurora’s plans for seismic surveying in Sefton and West Lancashire, 7:30pm, Haskayne Village Hall, 109 School Lane, Haskayne, near Ormskirk L39 7JE
Frack Free Greater Manchester planning meeting, 7.30pm, The Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE. Details
Frack Free Yeovil meeting, Meadow Road, Yeovil. Details and contact for full address
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Wednesday 1 June 2016
Talking Sheffield, Frack Free South Yorkshire on Sheffield Live TV show, 7.30pm to 8pm.
Should we allow fracking in our community? Public meeting, 7pm-9pm, Croston Old School, Church Street, Croston PR26 9HA. Details
Thursday 2 June 2016
Sounzaboutright. Frack Free South Yorkshire taking part in sustainable energy programme on Sheffield Live Radio. 4pm-5pm. Broadcast on 93.2fm across the Sheffield Region.
Frack Free Harrogate general meeting, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, Queen Parade, Harrogate, HG1 5PP. Details
Frack Free Pocklington Area meeting, 7.30pm, Pocklington Christian Fellowship Church, Chapmangate, Pocklington YO42 2AY. Details
Friday 3 June 2016
Fracking awareness meeting organised by local councillors and anti-fracking groups about Aurora’s plans for seismic surveying in Sefton and West Lancashire, 7.30pm, Halsall Memorial Hall, Halsall Road, Halsall, Ormskirk L39 8RN.
Saturday 4 June 2016
Extreme energy gathering Leeds. A day of theatre, film, talks, campaign updates and networking about coal, bioenergy and fracking. 10am-6pm, Ebor Court, Skinner Street, Leeds LS1 4ND. Details and Facebook Event
Meet IGas and UKOOG. Open day session organised by Tinker Lane Community Liaison Group. 1pm to 4pm, Sutton-cum-Lound Village Hall, Town Street, Sutton-cum-Lound DN22 8PT. Exhibitors include: IGas Energy, UKOOG, Tinker Lane CLG, Bassetlaw Against Fracking, Frack Free Notts, Friends Of the Earth.
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest. Cinderford Triangle to Fountain Inn, Parkend (via Speech House, picking up Glos Way footpath at Drybrook Road Station/ Hicksters Ways). Details and here
Surrey Against Fracking meeting, 1pm-3.15pm, Oxted Community Hall, 53 Church Lane, Oxted RH8 9NB. Details
Sustaining out activism: building resilient communities. Two-day workshop by Seeds for Change, St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan, details from frackfreewales@hotmail.com and here
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest. Cinderford Triangle to Fountain Inn, Parkend (via Speech House, picking up Glos Way footpath at Drybrook Road Station/ Hicksters Ways). Details and here
Sunday 5 June 2016
Frack Free Yeovil information-awareness event, Near Coffee #1, Middle Street, Yeovil. Details
Sustaining out activism: building resilient communities. Two-day workshop by Seeds for Change, St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan, details from frackfreewales@hotmail.com and here
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest. Fountain Inn, Parkend to Rising Sun, Woolaston. Details and here
Open Farm Sunday at a farm near two new sites leased by IGas. This is not an anti-fracking event but will include information stalls about fracking. 10am-4pm, The Grange Farm, Warrington Road, Mickle Trafford, Cheshire CH2 4EB. Details
Monday 6 June 2016
Fracking awareness meeting organised by local councillors and anti-fracking groups about Aurora’s plans for seismic surveying in Sefton and West Lancashire, 8pm, Maghull Methodist Church.
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest. Rising Sun, Woolaston to Chepstow Bus Station. Details and here
Tuesday 7 June 2016
Proposed date for next meeting of All Party Parliamentary Group on shale gas regulation and planning.
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest. Buttington Terrace, Sedbury- The Park, Tidenham Chase. Details and here
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Red Lion, 109 Charles Street, Sheffield, S1 2ND. Details
Whitworth Against Fracking campaign meeting, 7pm-9pm, The Cock and Magpie, Tonge Lane End, Whitworth, Lancashire OL12 8BJ Details
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest : Tidenham Chase-Bigsweir Bridge (via Brockweir Village Shop). Details and here
Transition cafe: North West Groups Meet up,6.30pm-9pm, Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT. Details
Thursday 9 June 2016
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest Bigsweir Bridge-Agincourt Square, Monmouth (via Bell Inn, Redbrook). Details and here
Friday 10 June 2016
Health and fracking master class hosted by Medact and the Faculty of Public Heath, 10.30am-4pm, Sheffield Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW Details
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest: Agincourt Square, Monmouth- Speculation, Cannop (via Dog & Muffler Inn, Joyford). Details and here
Wigan, Leigh and Makerfield – Fracking Exposed public meeting, 7pm-8.30pm, Standish Community Centre, Moody Street, off Church Street, Wigan WN6 0JY. Details
Saturday 11 June 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking stall at Peace in the Park event, Ponderosa Park, Upperthorpe, Sheffield.
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest Speculation, Cannop – Mitcheldean High Street (via Aunt Martha’s Victorian Tearoom, Steam Mills). Details and here
Frack Free Hambleton awareness walk, 11am-4pm, meeting at Sutton Bank Visitors Centre car park, Sutton Bank YO7 2EH. Details
Sunday 12 June 2016
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest Mitcheldean Library – Moat Lane, Taynton (via May Hill, Glasshouse Inn). Details and here
Monday 13 June 2016
Guardians of the Dean free daily rambles against fracking organised by Frack Off Our Forest: Moat Lane, Taynton – The Cross, Gloucester city centre (via Tibberton and Gloucester Docks). Details and here
Frack Free Chorley meeting, 7pm-9pm, Eaves Green Community Centre, Cottage Fields, Chorley PR7 3QE. Details
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering has a motion (this house takes note of the regulations relevant to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas) to be debated by House of Lords on Thursday 30 June. Details
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Whitworth Against Fracking public meeting, 7pm, Hallfold United Reformed Church, Hall Street, Whitworth, OL12 8TL. Details
Thursday 16 June 2016
Study Trip to the British Geological Survey (BGS) and a fracking exploration area led by Frack Free Notts, 10am-6pm, meet at Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham, NG1 2GB. Details
Friday 17 June 2016
5pm deadline for comments in consultation on new West Sussex Joint Minerals Plan. DrillorDrop report, Link to plan and link to consultation page
Wednesday 22 June – Friday 24 June 2016
Presenting the geoscience behind the UK’s shale potential. Event organised by the Geological Society, venue Liverpool Details
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Frack Free Wigan, Leigh and Makerfield public meeting, 7pm, Leigh Miners Welfare Institute, Kirby road, Leigh, WN7 4EF. Details
Thursday 30 June 2016
Publication of the government’s greenhouse gas emissions statistics – Q1 2016
House of Lords debate on motions selected from ballot, which includes motion by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (this house takes note of the regulations relevant to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas) Details
Final date for setting the level of the UK’s fifth carbon budget
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Red Lion, 109 Charles Street, Sheffield, S1 2ND. Details
Wednesday 6 July 2016
Oil and Gas: planning and environment summit, 8.30am-4.30pm Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB. Confirmed speakers include: Ken Cronin, UKOOG; Neil McBride, Lincolnshire County Council; Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; Professor Peter Styles, Keele University. Details
Opposition Rally to Oil and Gas: planning and environment summit, 8.30am-4.30pm, Manchester Conference Centre,Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB, Details
Friday 8 July-Saturday 6 August 2016
Fracked! Or: Please don’t use the F-word. New play by Alistair Beaton which looks at plans to frack in a village and the campaign to stop it, starring James Bolam and Anne Reid. Tickets from £20, evening performances 7.45pm, Saturday matinees 2.45pm. Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP All 33 performances currently sold out but check website for returns. Details
Friday 8 July 2016
Finding True North: Realising the Northern Powerhouse conference, housed by ResPublica, with speakers including MPs Greg Clark, Dan Jarvis, George Freeman and Lisa Nandy and the Academy Award winning director, Danny Boyle, 9.30am-6.30pm, The Lowry Theatre, Salford, Manchester M50 3AZ. Details
Monday 11 July 2016
Meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas with presentations by DECC’s chief scientific advisor, Professor John Loughhead, and consulting geologist for INEOS Shale, Dan Steward, 1pm-2pm, House of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA. Invitation only.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Screening of Voices from the Gasfields. Doors open 6.30pm, film starts at 7pm, The Dearne Playhouse, Washington Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham S63 9EF. Tea and coffee will be available. Organised by Frack Free Dearne Valley.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Surrey County Council planning and regulatory committee expected to decide IGas application (SCC ref 2015/0230) to use the Albury wellsite for the production of compressed natural gas for 15 years.
Bury Council debate on fracking, 7pm, Bury Town Hall, Knowsley St, Bury BL9 0SW. Details and Facebook event
Thursday 14 July 2016
Realising Wales’ energy potential – innovation, regulation and building investor confidence, key note seminar from Policy Forum for Wales, with speakers including Charles Hargreates of Ofgem, Roland Schulze of the European Investment Bank, Ceri Davies of Natural Resources Wales and Martin Murphy of Tidal Energy, morning event in central Cardiff. Details
45-minute pre show talk about Fracked! Or: Please don’t use the F-word.! with Kate Mosse, the play’s writer Alistair Beaton and director Richard Wilson. Free but booking is essential, 6pm, Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP. Details Performance of the play currently sold out but check website for returns
Saturday 16 July 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking stall, Sharrow Festival, Mount Pleasant Park, Sheffield. Details
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Scheduled date for Nottinghamshire Planning Committee – possible date for decision on IGas application to drill up to two wells at Springs Road, Misson. Link to committee calendar
Saturday 23 July 2016
Let’s talk energy, discussion staged by Chichester Festival Theatre: Leading anti-frackers take on politicians and representatives of the energy companies in a debate about fracking and the future of our energy supplies. Alistair Beaton, author of FRACKED! hosts an event where theatregoers and non-theatregoers alike are invited to come along, listen, and ask difficult questions. 11am, Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP, £5 tickets, Details
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Frack Free Yeovil film night, 7pm-9.30pm, Unity Hall, Central Road, Yeovil, BA20 1JL. Details
Thursday 28 July 2016
Publication of the government’s Digest of UK Energy Statistics – 2015
40-minute post show talk about Fracked! Or: Please don’t use the F-word with Kate Mosse and the cast and creative team. Free. Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP. Performance of the play currently sold out but check website for returns. Details
Friday 29 July 2016
Determination date by Nottinghamshire County Council for IGas planning application to explore for shale gas at Spring’s Road, Misson, Bassetlaw.
Sunday 4 September 2016
Whitworth Against Fracking information stall at Rushcart celebrations, The Riverside Civic Hall, Market Street, Whitworth, OL12 8DP. Details
Saturday 10-Sunday 11 September 2016
Frack Free South Yorkshire stall at Rotherham Show, 10am-5.30pm, Clifton Park, Clifton Lane (A6021), Rotherham S65 2AA
Thursday 29 September 2016
Publication of the government’s greenhouse gas emissions statistics – Q2 2015
Tuesday 18 October 2016
Scheduled start date of a trial of nine people arrested during the eviction of Upton Protection Camp, Duttons Lane, Chester. The case, at Chester Magistrates Court, is expected to last up to seven days.
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Case for three people arrested during the eviction of Upton Community Protection Camp near Chester. 9am, Wirral Magistrates Court, Chester Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 5HW. Details
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Are we going to be fracked? Presentation and discussion including speaker from Frack Free South Yorkshire, 10.30am, Penistone and District Probus Club, St John’s Community Centre, Church Street, Penistone.
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Ruth – Not an expert in this field but these don’t look like native Bluebells – possibly Spanish or hybrids?
Hi Paul. Well spotted! They’re hybrids in a neighbour’s garden. I’ve not been to my favourite wood with native bluebells yet this year. If I get there in time, I’ll get a native bluebell picture and replace. Best wishes, Ruth
Native bluebell image added – just spotted some in time for this year. Best wishes, Ruth