60+ events in June about fracking and onshore oil and gas, including five direct action training sessions, nine screenings of The Bentley Effect documentary and the UK launch of Frackopoly. Plus meetings, fundraisers and industry conferences & workshops.
Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your events or if any details are wrong. This page will be updated throughout the month with new information.
Thursday 1 June 2017
Speed limit of 30mph comes into force on Habton Road, Kirby Misperton, for work at Third Energy’s shale gas site.
Lancaster Uni goes to Preston New Road, 9.15am, Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site, Little Plumpton, Blackpool FY4 5JS. Details or Facebook event
Frack Free Fun Club: family-friendly fun during half term, 10am-4pm, Maple Farm Nursery, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 6pm-9pm: Scarborough Library Vernon Rd, Scarborough YO11 2NN. Details
Public meeting about shale gas plans in north east Derbyshire, 7.30pm, Eckington Miners’ Welfare, Pipeyard Lane, S21 4FA. Details
Take action to stop fracking. Direct action meeting organised by Reclaim the Power, 7.30pm-10.30pm, The Red Lion, 109 Charles Street, Sheffield S1 2ND. Details
Meeting of Lancaster Fights Fracking, 7.30pm, The Apothecary, 87 Penny Street, Lancaster LA1 1XN
Friday 2 June 2017
Frack Free Fun Club: family-friendly fun during half term, 10am-4pm, Maple Farm Nursery, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm, Pickering Community Junior School, Middleton Road, Pickering YO18 8AJ. Details
Friends of the Earth Basecamp, an annual gathering of the environmental justice movement, Castleton Youth Hostel, Castleton, Derbyshire, more details from gettogether@foe.co.uk and here
Saturday 3 June 2017
Anti-fracking direct action training, organised by Reclaim the Power and delivered by Seeds for Change and Green and Black Cross, Nottingham. Continues on Sunday 14 May Details and application
Friends of the Earth Basecamp, an annual gathering of the environmental justice movement, Castleton Youth Hostel, Castleton, Derbyshire, more details from gettogether@foe.co.uk and here
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-9pm: Friends of the Earth Basecamp, Castleton Youth Hostel, Castleton, Derbyshire
Sunday 4 June 2017
Anti-fracking direct action training, organised by Reclaim the Power and delivered by Seeds for Change and Green and Black Cross, Nottingham. Continues on Sunday 14 May Details and application
Friends of the Earth Basecamp, an annual gathering of the environmental justice movement, Castleton Youth Hostel, Castleton, Derbyshire, more details from gettogether@foe.co.uk and here
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 6.30pm-10pm: Sacred Sound Healing & Arts Centre, Intake Business Park, Kirkland Avenue, Mansfield, Notts NG18 5QP. Details
Monday 5 June 2017
Introduction to the oil and gas industry, hosted by MDT International, 9.30am-3pm, London venue. Tickets and details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-10pm: Old Town Hall (behind The Bell Hotel) 46 Market Place, Driffield YO25 6AN
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Oil and Gas Industry Conference, 8am-5pm, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Exhibition Avenue, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB23 8BL. Details
Preliminary hearing for four people arrested at a protest outside A E Yates depot in Bolton on 5 May 2017. Time tbc, Magistrates Court, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Greater Manchester BL1 1UA Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 6.30pm-7.30pm: Totnes-Civic Hall, Civic Square, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5QH
Fracking information evening with INEOS representatives taking questions, 7pm, Edwinstowe Village, Hall, Mansfield Road, Edwinstowe, Mansfield NG21 9NJ. Details
Join the fracking resistance this summer – London information evening, hosted by Reclaim the Power, 7pm-9pm, Portland Hall lecture room, Lower Ground, University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7UW. Details
Book launch of Frackopoly and discussion with the author, Wenonah Haunter, Mystery Tea House, 7pm-9pm, 23 Cannon Street, Preston, PR1 3NR. Details
OGG Tuesday lecture on shale gas and fracking by Professor Mike Stephenson of the British Geological Survey. 7.30pm-9pm, Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Wednesday 7 June 2017
Shale Oil & Gas – Risk Management and Mitigation Conference, part of the second annual Shale Gas Exploration and Exploitation Induced Risks (SHEER) meeting, Blackpool. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 6pm-10pm: Clevedon Community Centre 2 Princess Road, Clevedon BS21 7SZ Details
Know your rights training, hosted by Bolton Against Fracking, 7pm-9.30pm, Cotton Tree, 15 Prince Street, Halliwell, Bolton, BL1 2NP. Details
Fylde General Election 2017 parliamentary candidate hustings, with all the candidates, except Conservative Mark Menzies. 7pm-8.30pm, venue to be confirmed. Details CANCELLED
Harthill Against Fracking meeting, 7pm, Peregrin Centre (end of Carver Close, Peregrin Way Sheltered Housing, Peregrin Way, Harthill S26 7UP. Details
Thursday 8 June 2017
General election. DrillOrDrop will report live as the results come in from key constituencies with interests in fracking and onshore oil and gas.
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-10.30pm: The Hive Dalston, 260-264 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4DG. Details
Fundraising fashion show by Eckington Against Fracking, 7.30pm, Eckington Miners Welfare, Pipeyard Lane, S21 4FA. Details
Friday 9 June 2017
The Pirates of Preston New Road Plunder Party, 8am-6pm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 2PR. Details
Fighting fracking in the US and the UK. Meeting with speakers Wenonah Hauter, author of Frackopoly, and local residents 7.30pm-9.30pm, Priory Street Centre, York YO1 6ET. Details
Saturday 10 June 2017
Worldwide Knit in Public/Anti-Frack Solidarity Day events at Kirby Misperton Protection Camp, North Yorkshire including crochet/knit and natter, skill swap workshop and lunch. Details
Grassroots energy collaboration workshop for campaigners fighting pollution, extractive energy and fuel poverty, covering networking, objectives and joint working. 10am-4.30pm, Kuumba, African Arts and Community Resource Centre, 20 Hepburn Road, Bristol BS2 8UD. Details
Grassroots energy collaboration workshop for campaigners fighting pollution, extractive energy and fuel poverty, covering networking, objectives and joint working., 10am-4.30pm, Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT. Details
Anti-fracking direct action training in Brighton organised by Reclaim The Power, 10am-5pm, Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking stall at Peace in the Park Festival, 12 noon-8pm, Sheffield S3 7PZ Details
Green and Black Cross legal observer training course, 1pm-7pm, Scarborough Railway Club, railway station forecourt, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1TN. Details
Frackopoly book tour event, hosted by Friends of the Earth Scotland, with author Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch US. 2pm-4pm, City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9BX. Details
Demo against May’s DUP Tory government, 6.30pm, The Level Park, Brighton. Details
Sunday 11 June 2017
Direct action workshop by The Bentley Effect activists, 1pm-4pm, Arreton Community Hall, Man Road, Arreton, Isle of Wight PO30 3AD. Details
GE17 What now? Public meeting hosted by Sussex Progressives, 2.30pm, Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, Isle of Wight, Arreton Community Centre, PO30 3AD 6:30pm-9:30pm Map Register
Northern Ireland book launch of Frackopoly and discussion with the author, Wenonah Haunter, 7.30pm-9pm, Westville Hotel, 14-20 Tempo Road, Enniskillen, BT74 6HR. Details
Monday 12 June 2017
Let’s get fracking serious: planning meeting in Pickering. 7pm-9pm, The United Reform Church, 33 Hungate, Pickering YO18 7DG. Details
Norfolk Against Fracking monthly meeting, 7pm-9pm, The Golden Star, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1DD. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-10pm, One Space, 18-20 Union Street, Sheffield S1 2JP. Details and to book
Frack Free Notts action planning meeting, 7pm-9pm, Lincolnshire Poacher, 161-163 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FR. Details
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Friends of the Earth Cake and Support Day, 12 noon, Cuadrilla’s shale gas site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, FY4 5JS. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-10pm, Cowdray Hall, Park, Easebourne, Midhurst, GU29 0AW. Details
Meeting of West Chiltington Parish Council, at which meeting with UKOG representatives about Broadford Bridge will be reported, 7.30pm, Parish Office, Reading Room, Church Street, West Chiltington, West Sussex RH20 2JW. Details
Irish book launch of Frackopoly and discussion with the author, Wenonah Haunter,7.30pm-9pm, Third Space Smithfield, Smithfield Market, Dublin, Ireland 7. Details
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Wear Red to PNR Wednesday. Protest event, 11am-3pm, Cuadrilla shale gas site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, FY4 5JS. Details
Launch event: Fracking & the role of the local health community, hosted by Medact and Medact Yorkshire, 7pm-9pm, Hull York Medical School, John Hughlings Jackson Building, York YO10 5DD. Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect, 7pm-10pm, The Victoria Institute, 10 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DG. Details and tickets
Mosborough Against Fracking monthly meeting, 7.30pm, Queens Hotel, Mosborough, Sheffield S20 5AF Details
Thursday 15 June 2017
Keep Wiltshire Frack Free meeting, 7.30pm, The Organ Inn, 49 High Street, Warminster BA12 9AQ. Details
Meeting of Lancaster Fights Fracking, 7.30pm, The Apothecary, 87 Penny Street, Lancaster LA1 1XN
Friday 16 June 2017
Lancaster PNR Solidarity Day. Meeting at 9.15am at Lancaster Railway Station. Details
Faeries say no to fracking event, from 8am, entrance to Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool. Details
Saturday 17 June 2017
Frack Free Sherwood Forest and Edwinstowe photo call, 2pm, Major Oak, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve, Edwinstowe, Mansfield NG21 9HN
Frack Free Bridlington and Villages fundraiser: three live local groups, 7.30pm, Bempton and Buckton Community Village Hall, High Street, Bempton YO15 1HS. Details
Monday 19 June 2017
Frack Free Greater Manchester meeting, 7.15pm, The Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street,Manchester M4 1LE. Details
Frack Free Mansfield June meeting, 7.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Rosemary Street, Mansfield, NG19 6AB. Details
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Hand-in of Tree Preservation Order Petition for Coldharbour Lane, the lorry route to Europa’s oil exploration site at Bury Hill Wood (Holmwood), 4pm-4.30pm, Mole Valley District Council, Pippbrook, Dorking RH4 1SJ. Details
Wednesday 21 June 2017
State of opening of parliament and the Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s agenda for the coming session. Key interest is whether the government will implement proposals in the Conservative manifesto on changing the planning system for shale gas and onshore exploration. 11.25am State opening, 2.30pm Queen’s Speech debate. Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA. Details
Fracking awareness event, 7pm, Little Bollington Church of England Primary School, Lymm Road, Knutsford WA14 4SZ Details
Thursday 22 June 2017
Scheduled date for judicial review of government’s decision to extend a PEDL licence in Cheshire. Expected to be held at the Royal Courts of Justice, London. More details coming
Frack Free Penistone and Stocksbridge meeting, 7pm, The Friendship, 536 Manchester Road, Stocksbridge S36 2DW. Details
Friday 23 June 2017
Mother Earth said no. Protest against fracking, 8am, Cuadrilla shale gas site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, FY4 5JS. Details
Meeting organised by South Yorkshire Police to discussing policing concerns about fracking, 7.30pm, Harthill Village Hall, Winney Hill, Harthill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 7YL. Details
Site visit for residents of West Chiltington, Billingshurst and Pulborough in West Sussex to UKOG oil exploration site at Broadford Bridge. Spaces are limited. Contact parish clerk’s for details.
Saturday 24 June 2017
London quarterly legal observer training, 10am-5pm, Larc, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES. Details
Anti-fracking media representative training, 11am-5pm, Old Sharrow Union School, South View Road, Sharrow, Sheffield S7 1DB. Details
Warriors Call summer solstice ceremony and gathering. 11.45am, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Saturday solidarity for Leith Hill Protection Camp (after the eviction), 2pm-5pm, Coldharbour Lane, Dorking, RH5 6. Details
Visit by South Yorkshire anti-fracking campaigners to Kirby Misperton Protection Camp in North Yorkshire. Details to be confirmed
Fracking awareness-raising event, Lush cosmetics shop, 30 Cambridge Street, Harrogate HG1 1RX. Details
Sunday 25 June 2017
London quarterly legal observer training, 10am-5pm, Larc, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES. Details
Fracking awareness-raising event, Lush cosmetics shop, 30 Cambridge Street, Harrogate HG1 1RX. Details
Don’ Frack the Dearne, Manvers walk and rally organised by Frack Free Dearne Valley. 1.30pm meet at RSPB Old Moor car park and walk for 1.5 miles (suitable for pushchairs and bikes) for rally at the Boathouse Cafe, Manvers Lake. Details
Frack Free Totnes Public Meeting, 7pm-9pm, Royal Seven Stars Hotel, The Plains, Totnes TQ9 5DD. Details
Public meeting by Broadford Bridge Action Group about UKOG drilling site, 7pm-9pm, West Chiltington Village Hall, Mill Road, West Chiltington RH20 2PZ.
Monday 26 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Team Frack Free third councillors and MPs day for a view of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road from top deck of a bus with information from Mike Hill, 9am-3pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 2PR. Details
We all said no – Don’t frack Lancs rally outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool FY4 5JS. Details
Parliamentary questions on business, energy and industrial strategy, 11.30am, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Public meeting on fracking, organised by Mike Hill, 7pm, Lowther Pavilion, Lowther Terrace, Lytham St Annes FY8 5QQ Details
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Leadership in oil & gas, training workshop hosted by Warren Business Consulting, 8am, London venue. Tickets and details
Start of Terrapin Training 3-day master class in petroleum economics, London, Details
Deadline under planning conditions for work to begin on gas processing plant at Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. Details
The Energy Exchange hosting The Big Gas, 5:30pm, on Hogan Lovells’ roof top terrace in Central London. Details
Dronfield Against Fracking meeting, 7.15pm-9.15pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
Monthly meeting of Frack Free Chorley and South Ribble, 7.30pm-9pm, Trader Jacks, 38 Hollinshead Street, Chorley PR7 1EP. Details
Thursday 29 June 2017
Publication of government statistics on greenhouse gas emissions and energy trends and prices
Expected admission date of Angus Energy secured bonds. Details
Fracking explained and the truth behind the dash for gas, organised by Frack Free Cotswolds and Cheltenham Friends of the Earth, 7pm-9pm, Shush Bar, The Swan, High Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1DX. Details
Public meeting about plans by Aurora Energy Resources for PEDL262, 7.30pm, Crawford Village Hall, Crawford Road, Crawford, Up Holland, Skelmersdale. Details
Meeting of Lancaster Fights Fracking, 7.30pm, The Apothecary, 87 Penny Street, Lancaster LA1 1XN
Frack Free Ashfield Monthly meeting 7.30pm-9pm, Duke of Wellington Pub, Church Street, Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 8LA.
Friday 30 June 2017
Team Frack Free 3rd No Faith in Fracking event, 9am onwards, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 2PR.
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July 2017
Saturday 1 July 2017
Coastal protectors – SW regional gathering against fracking, 10am-5pm, Milton Baptist Church, Baytree Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 9HJ. Details
No Fracking Way bike ride in N E Derbyshire and S Yorkshire. Circular route starts at Marsh Lane and takes in villages of Ridgeway, Mosborough, Killamarsh, Harthill, Barlborough, Renishaw, Staveley, Whittington, Unstone, Dronfield and Coal Aston. Meet at 11am at Butchers Arms, Marsh Lane, Sheffield S21 5RH departing at 11.30am. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking at Sharrow Festival, 12 noon-8pm, Mount Pleasant Park, Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Details
Mosborough Against Fracking stall at Mosborough School Summer Fair, 12 noon-4pm, Mosborough Primary School, New School Road, Mosborough, Sheffield S20 5ES. Details
Lancashire Communities Family Fun Day and ‘Hub’ Launch, hosted by Reclaim the Power and local groups, 12 noon-4pm, Maple Farm polytunnels, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, PR4 3PE. Details
Eckington Against Fracking stall, Eckington Festival, 1pm-5pm, Junior School Field, off Stead Street, Eckington.
Action planning meeting, hosted by Fossil Free West Yorkshire Pension Fund, 2pm-4pm, BCB Radio, 11 Rawson Road, City of Bradford BD1 3SH. Details
Sunday 2 July 2017
Frack Free Nottinghamshire stall at Warsop Carnival, 10am-5pm, The Carrs, Market Warsop NG20 0SF. Details
Blackpool legal observer training, hosted by Reclaim the Power and Green and Black Cross. 11.30am-5.30pm, Maple Farm Nursery Gardens, Moss House Lane, Westby, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 3PE. Details
Monday 3 July 2017
World Fiscal Systems for oil and gas, hosted by London PETRO Academy Ltd, 9am, London PETRO Academy Ltd, 3rd floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH. Details
Frack Free Lincolnshire rally against Egdon Resources’ plans for oil production at Wressle. 1pm, The Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe DN16 1AB
Meeting of North Lincolnshire Council planning committee to hear application for long-term oil production by Egdon Resources at its Wressle site near Scunthorpe. 2pm, The Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe DN16 1AB Details
Are we going to be fracked? Presentation and public meeting by Frack Free South Yorkshire and Friends of the Earth, 7pm-9pm, Speedwell Rooms, Inkersall Road, Staveley, Derbyshire S43 3JL. Details
Tuesday 4 July 2017
World Fiscal Systems for oil and gas, hosted by London PETRO Academy Ltd, 9am, London PETRO Academy Ltd, 3rd floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH. Details
The future of the onshore oil and gas industry. Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Keynote Seminar. Speakers include: James Clarke, Deputy Head of Shale Gas, BEIS; Ken Cronin, Chief Executive, UKOOG; Mark Ellis-Jones, Project Executive, Onshore Oil & Gas Programme, Environment Agency; Naomi Lohde-Thompson, Friends of the Earth; Nicola Pitts, National Grid; Stephen Sanderson, UK Oil and Gas Investments; Professor Mike Stephenson, Director of Science and Technology, British Geological Survey; Simon Tilling, Burges Salmon; John Williams, Poyru. 9am-1pm, Royal Overseas League, St James Street, London SW1A 1LR. Details and to book
Frack Free Yeovil meeting, 7pm, Minchinton’s Close, Norton-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6SX. Details and venue information
Frack Free Pickering meeting, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, 9 Castlegate, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7AX.
Are We going To Be Fracked? Presentation and public meeting, 7pm-9pm, Blyth Memorial Hall, Blyth, Nottinghamshire S81 8EW. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Wednesday 5 July
World Fiscal Systems for oil and gas, hosted by London PETRO Academy Ltd, 9am, London PETRO Academy Ltd, 3rd floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH. Details
Peaceful protest at INEOS presentation to Frodsham Town Council, 6.30pm-9pm, Castle Park, Frodsham WA6 6SB. Details
Meeting of Unconventional Extraction of Oil and Gas Working Group of Frodsham Town Council, including presentation by INEOS Shale, 7pm, Castle Park, Frodsham WA6 6SB. Details
Anti-fracking regional quarterly meeting, organised by Friends of the Earth, 7pm-9pm, CPRE offices, 37 Stafford Road, Sheffield S2 2SF. Details
Sustainable Chard event: informal presentation and discussion on fracking and its implications for Chard and the UK with guest speaker Mike Vickery, of Frack Free Yeovil. 7pm-10pm, Eleos, 28 Fore Street, Chard, Somerset TA20 1PT. Details
Thursday 6 July 2017
World Fiscal Systems for oil and gas, hosted by London PETRO Academy Ltd, 9am, London PETRO Academy Ltd, 3rd floor, 207 Regent Street, London W1B 3HH. Details
What is fracking? Skeptics in the pub meeting, 7.30pm, O’Connells Pub, 29-41 Bedford Street, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough TS1 2LL. Details
Eckington Against Fracking public meeting, 7.30pm, Eckington Miners Welfare, Pipeyard Lane, Eckington, S21 4FA. Details
Friday 7 July 2017
Not here, not anywhere mas demo/rolling resistance, hosted by Reclaim the Power, 8am-9pm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, PR4 2PR. Details
Saturday 8 July 2017
Sheffield and Penistone and Stocksbridge Against Fracking stall at Stannington Carnival, Stannington Park, Details
Frack Free Nottinghamshire stall at Beeston Carnival, 10am-5pm, UPP Broadgate Park, Turnpike Lane, Beeston NG9 2RX. Details
Frack Free Community Weekend, starting 12 noon, Kirby Misperton Protection Camp, YO17 6UE. Details
Frack Free South Yorkshire at Harthill Carnival and Show Day, 12.15pm, Spen’s Field Woodall Lane, Harthill, Rotherham. To be confirmed. Details
Sunday 9 July 2017
Frack Free Doncaster stall at Townfields Gala, 12 noon-5pm, Doncaster. Details
Frack Free Community Weekend, Kirby Misperton Protection Camp, YO17 6UE. Details
Monday 10 July 2017
Start of week-long Campaign Bootcamp, Bore Place, Kent. Details
Meeting of Frack Free Gilling East and surrounding villages, 7.30pm, Kirby Misperton Protection Camp, Kirby Misperton Road, Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Greenpeace local groups go to Preston new road, 9am-5pm, Cuadrilla shale gas exploration site, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Blackpool FY4 5JS. Details
Scheduled meeting of Surrey County Council at which Horse Hill planning application (SCC2016/0189) and plans for Bury Hill Wood (SCC Ref 2016/0170 and SCC Ref 2008/0169 may be discussed. To be confirmed. Details
Angus Energy conference call for investors, 4.30pm bst. The company says Executive Chairman Jonathan Tidswell-Pretorius and Managing Director Paul Vonk will give a short presentation followed by a question and answer session. To participate in this conference call, dial in to 0808 109 0700 (UK Toll Free) or +44 (0) 20 3003 2666 (Standard International) using the participant password “Angus”. Details
Mosborough Against Fracking monthly meeting, 7.30pm, Queen’s Hotel, Mosborough, Sheffield S20 5AF. Details
Friday 14 July 2017
Friends of the Earth Scotland Summer Weekender, campaign planning for fossil free Scotland, 3pm on Friday 14 July-1.30pm on Sunday 16 July, Wiston Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, ML12 6HT. Details and to book
Mass demo: Green jobs, renewables, divest/invest, including, breakfast, rally, workshops, dinner. 8am-6pm, Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool. Details
Divest from fossil fuels meeting by Quakers Against Fracking, 11am-12 noon, Preston New Road, Blackpool, FY3 9 Details
Screening of The Bentley Effect with guest speakers, 7.30pm, Dorking Green Room Theatre, rear of Dorking Halls, Dorking, RH4 1AA. Details
Saturday 15 July 2017
Friends of the Earth Fossil Free Organisers Weekend Training, 10am-5pm, Park Barn, Horsham. Details of venue and to book (price free)
Frack Free Doncaster stall at Rossington Summer Festival, 12 noon-6pm, Rossington Miners Welfare Ground, West End Lane, Rossington, Doncaster DN11 0DU. Details
Friends of the Earth Scotland Summer Weekender, campaign planning for fossil free Scotland, 3pm on Friday 14 July-1.30pm on Sunday 16 July, Wiston Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, ML12 6HT. Details and to book
Sunday 16 July 2017
Friends of the Earth Fossil Free Organisers Weekend Training, 10am-5pm, Park Barn, Horsham. Details of venue and to book (price free)
Friends of the Earth Scotland Summer Weekender, campaign planning for fossil free Scotland, 3pm on Friday 14 July-1.30pm on Sunday 16 July, Wiston Lodge, Millrig Road, Biggar, ML12 6HT. Details and to book
Monday 17 July 2017
Are we going to be fracked? Presentation and public meeting by Frack Free South Yorkshire and Friends of the Earth, 7pm-9pm, Killamarsh Community Campus, Stanley Street, Killamarsh S21 1EL
Meeting of Frack Free Malton and Norton, 7.30pm, Blue Ball, Newbiggin, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7JF
Exploratory drilling update and Gift of the Gab training for Misson Community Action Group, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Misson Community Centre, Vicar Lane, Misson, DN10 6EG.
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Meeting of Frack Free Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley, 7.10pm, Friends Meeting House, 79 West End, Kirkbymoorside, York YO62 6AD
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. Details
We say no to seismic surveys on county council land. Demonstration 9.15am-12.15pm, outside Nottinghamshire County Council County Hall, West Bridgford NG2 7QP. Details
Thursday 20 July 2017
The rolling resistance bike ride from Manchester to Blackpool. Details
Friday 21 July 2017
Farmers Against Fracking, mass demonstration about fracking and food, 8am-4pm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, FY3 Details
Amber Valley Against Fracking stall at PLC Festival, ESTIVAL, Belper Rugby Club, Derby Road, Belper DE56 1UU. Details
Closing date for comments on INEOS’s shale gas exploration well at Common Road, Harthill, Rotherham, Details
Saturday 22 July 2017
Frack Free South Yorkshire at Sheffield Folk Festival, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield S11 7AB. Details
Amber Valley Against Fracking stall at PLC Festival, ESTIVAL, Belper Rugby Club, Derby Road, Belper DE56 1UU. Details
Sunday 23 July 2017
Frack Free South Yorkshire at Sheffield Folk Festival, Endcliffe Park, Sheffield S11 7AB. Details
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Frack Free South Yorkshire presentation to Sheffield TUC, 7pm, Sheffield Trades and Labour Club, 20 Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QQ. Details
Wednesday 26 July
INEOS Community Exhibition, 2.30pm-7pm, Barlborough Village Hall, High Street, Barlborough S43 4TJ. Details
Thursday 27 July 2017
Publication of Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Public Attitudes Tracking Survey, Wave 22, 9.30am, gov.uk website. Details
August 2017
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Re-arranged date for start of trial of Joe Haslam, charged with obstruction on 2 March 2017 at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site. 10am, Magistrates Court, Chapel Street, Blackpool. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Friday 4 August 2017
Live music fund-raiser in Eckington with Paul Taylor, Eckington Civic Centre, Market Street, Eckington Sheffield S21 4JG. Tickets £5, available in advance at Public Meeting, Eckington Civic Centre or phone 07979 608254. Details
Sunday 13 August 2017
Frack Free Penistone and Stocksbridge at South Yorkshire Festival, 12 noon-5pm, Wortley Hall, Wortley, Sheffield S36 7DB. Details
Tuesday 15 August 2017
INEOS Community Exhibition, 2.30pm-7pm, Creswell Social Centre, Elmston Road, Cresswell S80 4BH. Details
Saturday 26 August 2017
Environmental March Liverpool 2017, 12 noon-1pm, start and finish point to be announced nearer the time. Details
September 2017
Tuesday 5 September 2017
INEOS Community Exhibition, 2.30pm-7pm Langwith Basset Community Hall, Rectory Road, Upper Langwith, Mansfield NG20 9RF. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Thursday 7 September 2017
Deadline under planning conditions for work to start on the West Nash Road site, operated by Sonorex Oil and Gas in Newport. Details
Friday 8 September 2017
The facts and fiction of Fracking, talk by Julie Richardson, hosted by Friends of Quantock, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Crowcombe Village Hall, Taunton TA4 4AQ. Details
Saturday 9 September 2017
Frack Free South Yorkshire at Rotherham Show, 10am-5.30pm, Clifton Park, Clifton Lane, Rotherham S65 2AA. Details
Sunday 10 September 2017
Frack Free South Yorkshire at Rotherham Show, 10am-5.30pm, Clifton Park, Clifton Lane, Rotherham S65 2AA. Details
October 2017
Monday 2 October 2017
INEOS Community Exhibition, 2.30pm-7pm Warsop Ex-servicemen’s Club, Car Lane, Mansfield NG20 0BN. Details
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Monday 16 October 2017
London Oil & Gas Class, hosted by Energy Training Solutions, 9am, The Bloomsbury, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NN. Details
Tuesday 17 October 2017
London Oil & Gas Class, hosted by Energy Training Solutions, 9am, The Bloomsbury, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NN. Details
Wednesday 18 October 2017
London Oil & Gas Class, hosted by Energy Training Solutions, 9am, The Bloomsbury, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NN. Details
Thursday 19 October 2017
London Oil & Gas Class, hosted by Energy Training Solutions, 9am, The Bloomsbury, 16-22 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NN. Details
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Start of Terrapin Training 3-day master class in shale gas development, London, Details
November 2017
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Scheduled start date for trial of 10 Greenpeace protesters arrested after a lock-on protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site. Venue and time to be confirmed.
Thursday 2 November 2017
Publication of Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Public Attitudes Tracking Survey, Wave 23, 9.30am, gov.uk website. Details
Monday 6 November 2017
UK Environmental Law Association meeting on access to justice and Aarhus, 5.30pm, London. Details
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Sheffield Against Fracking meeting, 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, Chapel Walk, off Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
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