40+ key dates and events in June 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.
Wednesday 1 June 2016
Scottish Government Debate: Taking Scotland Forward – environment, climate change and land reform. Includes an amendment by Claudia Beamish for an outright ban on fracking in Scotland and an amendment by Andy Wightman that fcracking is incompatible with Scotland’s low-carbon ambitions. 20.30pm, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh EH99 1SP Details
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
No Fracking in Barnsley, Frack Free South Yorkshire, Sheffield Against Fracking and Frack Free Penistone & Stocksbridge take part in a protest against Barclays investment in Third Energy. Outside Barclays Bank, 10-18 Queen Street, Barnsley, S70 1SJ. Details
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
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. Details
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
Debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly on a motion by Sinn Fein assembly members Oliver McMullan and Gerry Kelly: That this Assembly notes with concern the application by Infrastrata to drill at Woodburn Forest, County Antrim; recognises the concerns of residents in County Antrim over drilling proposals at the forest; and calls on the Executive to ensure that such applications are not approved until assurances are secured against any negative potential impacts on water supply, the environment, tourism and local communities. Details
Don’t drill Antrim Water rally at the Northern Ireland Assembly building at Stormont, Belfast, from 5.45pm. Details
Tuesday 7 June 2016
Meeting of All Party Parliamentary Group on shale gas regulation and planning, with questions to James Wharton, Minister for Communities and Local Government, Chris Stratton of the Landscape Institute, Richard Blyth of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Greg Shillabeer of Arcus Consultancy Services Ltd, 4pm-5pm, [NOTE CHANGED START AND FINISH TIME] House of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA. Invitation only. Details
38 Degrees delivers petition to the UK Government, calling on the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, to lay advice before parliament from the Committee on Climate Change about onshore oil and gas development, including fracking. At 6pm on 6 June, the number of signatures stood at more than 110,000.
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
Knostrop Organisers Meeting with Frack Free Leeds, 7pm-9pm, Wharf Chambers, Ground Floor, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds, LS2 7EQ. 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 and Frack Free South Yorkshire workshop (2.30pm-3.30pm) 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
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
Frack Free Hambleton awareness walk, 11am-4pm, meeting at Sutton Bank Visitors Centre car park, Sutton Bank YO7 2EH. Details
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
Start of trial of 12 people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploratory oil site. The trial begins this afternoon, time to be confirmed, at Guildford Magistrates Court, Mary Road, Guildford, GU1 4PS before transferring on Tuesday 14 June 2016 to Redhill Magistrates Court. Details. DrillOrDrop will be reporting from the trial.
Frack Free Chorley meeting, 7pm-9pm, Eaves Green Community Centre, Cottage Fields, Chorley PR7 3QE. Details
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Demonstration in support of people on trial following protests at Horse Hill exploratory oil site. 9am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
Trial continues of 12 people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploratory oil site. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details. DrillOrDrop will be reporting from the trial.
Ballot of motions for debate in the House of Lords on Thursday 30 June includes one by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering: this house takes note of the regulations relevant to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas.Details
Bassetlaw Against Fracking public meeting to establish an Action Group to fight the Tinker Lane application by Dart Energy in the parishh of Torworth on the A634 between Barnby Moor and Blyth, 7:30pm, The Old Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford DN22 8QS Details
Frack Free Yeovil meeting, 7pm, Meadow Road, Yeovil, Somerset. See details to contact for venue
Wednesday 15 June 2016
Trial continues of 12 people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploratory oil site. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details. DrillOrDrop will be reporting from the trial.
Meeting of North Ayrshire Council debates a motion by Labour councillors Joe Cullinane and Alex Gallagher: “Council opposes all fracking and any UGE (Unconventional Gas Extraction) in North Ayrshire”. Meeting starts at 2pm, Council Chambers, Cunninghame House, Irvine KA12 8EE Agenda
Whitworth Against Fracking public meeting, 7pm, Hallfold United Reformed Church, Hall Street, Whitworth, OL12 8TL. Details
Trowbridge Area Frack Free, 7.30pm-9pm, Social Club, Newtown, Trowbridge BA14 9AG. Details
Thursday 16 June 2016
Trial continues of 12 people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploratory oil site. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details. DrillOrDrop will be reporting from the trial.
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
Trial continues of 12 people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploratory oil site. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details. DrillOrDrop will be reporting from the trial.
Frack Free Wrexham Fundraiser. Evening of live bands to raise funds for campaign to prevent unconventional gas extraction in the Wrexham area and beyond. 7.30pm, Saith Seren, 18 Chester Street, Wrexham LL13 8BG. Details
5pm deadline for comments in consultation on new West Sussex Joint Minerals Plan.DrillorDrop report, Link to plan and link to consultation page
Saturday 18 June 2016
Frack Free South Yorkshire information stall, 4.30pm-7pm at Orgreave anniversary rally. Rally starts at 5pm. Meet at at The Old Bridge, Orgreave Lane, Sheffield S13 9NE for march to the new pub near Waverley estate for rally until 7pm.
Deadline for petition calling on the government to reverse its decision to allow fracking under national parks. The petition (at the time of writing) stands at 38,555 signatures. To be considered for debate it needs to reach 100,000. Details
Tuesday 21 June 2016
INEOS Upstream has a stand at the Royal Cheshire County Show, Clay House Farm,Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0HJ
Fracking on the agenda for the Clanfield, Horndean and Rowlands Castle community forum, 6.3pm, Merchistoun Hall, 106 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, Waterlooville, Hants P08 9LJ. Details
Wednesday 22 June 2016
INEOS Upstream has a stand at the Royal Cheshire County Show, Clay House Farm, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0HJ
Meeting of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, 2pm, County Hall, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA, to debate motion by Councillor Symon Fraser (Conservative, Driffield and rural) opposing fracking and unconventional oil and gas Details
Site visit to Thornton Science Park as part of Presenting the geoscience behind the UK’s shale potential. Event organised by the Geological Society. Departing Liverpool Exhibition Centre at 1pm and return at 5pm. Details
Thursday 23 June 2016
Presenting the geoscience behind the UK’s shale potential. Event organised by the Geological Society, Liverpool Exhibition Centre Details
Friday 24 June 2016
Appearance at Blackpool Law Courts, Chapel Street, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 5RJ, of anti-fracking campaigner, Tina Rothery, over £55,342.37 court costs for an eviction in 2014 of a camp at a field in the Fylde area of Lancashire earmarked for fracking by Cuadrilla. The court office has said this is a private hearing.
Show your solidarity event for Tina Rothery (see above), 9am, Blackpool Law Courts, Chapel Street, Blackpool FY1 5RJ. Details
Presenting the geoscience behind the UK’s shale potential. Event organised by the Geological Society, Liverpool Exhibition Centre Details
Monday 27 June 2016
Fracking in Lancashire public meeting, 7pm-9pm, The Bureau, Victoria Street, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 6DW . Details
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Meeting of Nottinghamshire County Council planning committee to consider report by Corporate Director, Resources, which proposes a special meeting for a date in September (tbc) to decide IGas’s application to explore for shale gas at Springs Road, Misson. Meeting starts at 10.30, County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP. Details
Frack Free Wigan, Leigh and Makerfield public meeting, 7pm, Leigh Miners Welfare Institute, Kirby road, Leigh, WN7 4EF. Details
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Energy and Climate Change Minister and Brexit campaigner, Andrea Leadsom, appears before House of Commons Energy and Climate Select Committee on investor confidence in the UK energy sector, 9.30azm, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, London SW1 Details
IGas community exhibition, 3pm-8pm, Barnby Memorial Hall, Blyth S81 8EW. Details and see IGas newsletter here
Trowbridge Area Frack Free film showing of The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas, 7.30pm-9pm, Social Club, Newtown, Trowbridge BA14 9AG. Details
Frack Free Ashfield monthly meeting, 7.30pm-9pm, at new venue: The Wyvern Club, Urban Road, Kirkby in Ashfield Nottingham NG17 8DB. Details
Thursday 30 June 2016
Scheduled expiry date of first terms of more than 40 PEDL licences issued in 2008. Several appear to be subject to variation and at least one operator has requested an extension.
Publication of the government’s greenhouse gas emissions statistics – Q1 2016
Government scheduled to sign off its carbon reduction targets for 2030.
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Saturday 2 July 2016
Warminster anti-fracking community fun fundraising event. Venue is a pub in Warminster. Entry by ticket only (£10). Contact 01985 846675 for tickets & information.
Monday 4 July 2016
Deadline set by inspector at Cuadrilla fracking inquiry to deliver her report to the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Greg Clark. There is no statutory or scheduled date for Mr Clark to make or announced his final decision on the schemes.
Film screening of The Truth about the Dash for Gas, 7pm, Sunshine House Community Centre, Wellington Street, Scholes, Wigan WN1 3SA. Details
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Red Lion, 109 Charles Street, Sheffield, S1 2ND. Details
Frack Free Yeovil meeting, 7pm, Meadow Road, Yeovil, Somerset, see Details for contact information for venue.
Meeting of Keep East Lancashire Frack Free, 7m-9pm, The Old Library, Colne Road, Burnley, Lancashire BB11 1LL. Details
Ballot on motions for House of Lords debate on 21 July. The motions in the ballot include one by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (this house takes note of the regulations relevant to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas) 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 No press access for DrillOrDrop. Please let us know if you are attending.
Draw the line on fracking opposition Rally to Oil and Gas: planning and environment summit, 8.30am-4.30pm, Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB, Details
Public meeting about plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from the Wressle-1 well site for 15 years. Time tbc, Red Lion pub, High Street, Broughton, DN20 0HY.
Film evening by Frack Free Cotswolds screening The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas, followed by discussion, doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start, Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 0AW. Details
Film screening of Groundswell Rising, hosted by Newbury Against Fracking, 7.30pm-9pm, Acre Space, St Nicholas Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5PR. Details
Thursday 7 July 2016
Knostrop Organisers meeting 2, 7pm-10pm, Wharf Chambers, Ground Floor, 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ. Details
Basingstoke Premiere – Frackman with live introduction by Dayne “The Frackman” Pratzky, 6pm, Odeon Basingstoke, Churchill Way W, Basingstoke , HAM, GB, RG22 6PG. Details
London Premiere – Frackman with Q&A with Dayne “The Frackman” Pratzky, 8pm, Odeon Panton Street, 11/18 Panton St, London, SW1Y 4DP. 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. POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER (DATE TBC)
Court date for trial of people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploration site at Horley, Surrey. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
Southampton Premiere – Frackman with live introduction by Dayne “The Frackman” Pratzky, 6pm, Odeon Southampton, Leisure World, W Quay Rd, Southampton, SO15 1RE. Details
Brighton Premiere – Frackman with live Q&A with Dayne “The Frackman” Pratzky, 8pm, Odeon Brighton, West St, Brighton, BN1 2RE. Details
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Court date for trial of people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploration site at Horley, Surrey. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
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.
The Environment Agency information session, 12 noon-6pm, Broughton Village Hall, 59 High Street, Broughton DN20 0JX. Details
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
Friday 15 July 2016
Court date for trial of people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploration site at Horley, Surrey. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
Wakefield Trades Council and the Red Shed present a Frack-Free Benefit with Robert Llewellen, 8pm, The Red Shed, 18 Vicarage Street, Wakefield WF1 1QX. Tickets £6 or £3 low/no wage. Details
Saturday 16 July 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking stall, Sharrow Festival, Mount Pleasant Park, Sheffield. Details
Sunday 17 July 2016
Legal observer training, organised by No Drill No Spill, 12 noon–5pm, Sproatley Pavillion and Playing Fields, Main Street, Sproatley, HU11 4PJ. Details
Monday 18 July 2016
Court date for trial of people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploration site at Horley, Surrey. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
Fracking good or bad? Talk by Keith Tovey to Rotary Club of Cambridge South, 5.46pm-8pm, Old Dining Hall, Westminster College, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0AA. Details
Are We Going To Be Fracked? Presentation and talk by Frack Free South Yorkshire. 7.30pm, Jump Working Mens Club, Wentworth Road, Jump, Barnsley, S74 0JX.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Court date for trial of people arrested at protests outside Horse Hill exploration site at Horley, Surrey. 10am, South East Surrey Magistrates Court, Hatchlands Rd, Redhill RH1 6DH. Details
Thursday 21 July 2016
Debate on motions to be selected by ballot on 5 July 2016. The motions in the ballot include one by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (this house takes note of the regulations relevant to hydraulic fracturing for shale gas) Details
Friday 22 July 2016
Closing date for public comments on IGas application ES/3524 to Nottinghamshire County Council for an exploratory shale gas well at land off the A634 between Blyth and Barn by Moor, in Bassetlaw (also known as Tinker Lane). Link to application
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
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Seismic testing starts for Aurora in PEDL 164 in Sefton and West Lancashire
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Frack Free Yeovil film screening of Gr0undswell Rising, 7pm-9.30pm, Unity Hall, Central Road, Yeovil, BA20 1JL.Details
Thursday 28 July 2016
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
Saturday 30 July 2016
Frack Free South Yorkshire information stall all day at Maltby Miners’ Memorial Fun Day, Coronation Park, Muglet Lane, Maltby S66 7NB.
Friday 4 August 2016
11.45pm deadline for comments in consultation on government’s National Infrastructure Assessment of infrastructure needs, including energy, for the next 30 years. Details
Sunday 14 August 2016
Sheffield Against Fracking information stall at South Yorkshire Festival, 12 noon-5pm, Wortley Hall, Wortley, Sheffield S35 7DB
Saturday 27 August 2016
Anti-fracking campaigners, the Lancashire Nanas and Ian R Crane, are speakers at Sublimate: The Activist Festival, gates open 10am, Hebden Bridge location. Details
Sunday 28 August 2016
Anti-fracking campaigners, the Lancashire Nanas and Ian R Crane, are speakers at Sublimate: The Activist Festival, all day, Hebden Bridge location. Details
Monday 29 August 2016
Anti-fracking campaigners, the Lancashire Nanas and Ian R Crane, are speakers at Sublimate: The Activist Festival, untilo 4pm, Hebden Bridge location. Details
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
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Building surveyor day, including the issue of fracking, continuing professional development day, Holiday Inn, Lakeview, Bridge Road, Cambridge CB24 9PH. Details
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
Tuesday 29 November 2016
The future for Scotland’s energy sector – generation, flexibility and policy priorities. Conference with speakers including: Chris Stark, Director of Energy and Climate Change at The Scottish Government; John Fiennes, Director Energy Strategy Networks and Markets at the Department of Energy and Climate Change; Keith Bell, ScottishPower Professor of Smart Grids, University of Strathclyde; John Forster, Chair, STA Scotland and Chair, Forster Group; Professor Stuart Haszeldine, Director, SCCS and Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, Edinburgh University; Clare Lavelle, Scottish Energy Consulting Lead, Arup. Morning event in central Edinburgh. 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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Updated: 7/6/2016 to included changed start time to APPG meeting on 7 June 2016
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