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What’s happening this week? 12-18 September 2016

whats happening this week

20 events in DrillOrDrop’s weekly roundup, including parliamentary group, shale gas master class, meetings, protests, regulators’ information session and East Yorkshire rally. 

Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of September and later in the year here

Monday 12 September 2016

Day 1 of shale gas master class, London. Details of venue, contents and fee

Frack Free Notts Action Planning Meeting, 7pm-9pm, Lincolnshire Poacher, 161-163 Mansfield Rd, Nottingham NG1 3FR. Details

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Day 2 of shale gas master class, London. Details of venue, contents and fee

All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas meeting, 1pm-2pm, committee room 8, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA. Speakers: Dan Steward, of INEOS Shale, and Professor John Loughhead, Chief Scientific Advisor  to DECC. By invitation. Contact APPGUOG@hkstrategies.com for details

Frack Free Driffield and Wolds Planning Meeting, 7.15pm-10.15pm, WI Hall, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield YO25 9QR. Details

Frome Anti-Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, The Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome BA11 1BE. Details

Are We Going to Be Fracked? Meeting by Rotherham Against Fracking, 7.30pm, Green Dragon, Kimberworth, Rotherham, S61 2BH. Details

No Dakota access pipeline solidarity action, 6pm, London, meeting point tbc. Details

Wednesday 14 September 2016

Day 3 of shale gas master class, London. Details of venue, contents and fee

Former Chancellor, Lord Lawson, gives evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs for its inquiry into The Economics of UK Energy Policy. The other witness is Lord Turner of Ecchinswell, chair of the governing body of the Institute of New Economic Thinking. 3.35pm, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A. Details

Bolton Against Fracking meeting, 7pm-9pm, Cotton Tree, 15 Prince Street Bolton BL1 2NP. Details

Thursday 15 September 2016

Fracking protest by Frack Free Five Valleys, Barclays Bank, King Street, Stroud GL5 3DF. Details

Derbyshire Meet the Regulators event. Drop-in event for local people to meet staff from The Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Oil and Gas Authority and Public Health England. 2pm-7pm, Peel Centre, High St, Dronfield S18 1PX

Are We Going To Be Fracked?, Frack Free Dearne Valley event, 7pm-9pm, Coronation Club, Stuart Street, Thurnscoe S63 0EF. Details

Friday 16 September 2016

Shale gas: science and controversy. Seminar by Professor Mike Stephenson, Director of Science and Technology at the British Geological Survey. 11.45am-1pm, Lancaster University, Fylde Lecture Theatre 1, Bailrigg Campus, Lancaster LA1 4YW. Details and to register

Saturday 17 September 2016

Anti-fracking presentation at Lush Cosmetics shop on Cambridge Street, Harrogate HG1 1RX. Details

Frack Free East Yorkshire and Frack Free Driffield and Wolds Keep Us Frack Free parade and rally through Driffield, 11am meet, 12 noon set off from Beverley Road, Driffield YO25. Details and more here

Sunday 18 September 2016

Anti-fracking presentation at Lush Cosmetics shop on Cambridge Street, Harrogate HG1 1RX. Details

Anti-fracking campaigner, Gayzer Frackman, arrives in London at the end of a walk from Blackpool. Details

North Ayrshire Anti-Fracking Group open meeting, 2.30pm-4.30pm, Waterside Bar, 14 Bath Street, Largs, Ayrshire, KA30 8BL.

Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of September and later in the year here

Updated 10.40am, 12/9/2016 to include North Ayrshire Anti-Fracking Group meeting

Updated 13/9/2016 to include evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Lords and lecture at Lancaster University

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