UK’s first horizontal shale gas well completed – fracking due late summer
Drilling of the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well has been completed, Cuadrilla announced this morning.
Picture Post: Oscar winner joins women’s protest at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
The Oscar-winning actor, Emma Thompson, visited Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool today for a regular protest by local women.
Picture Post: “No to fracking, yes to dancing” – Jig at the Rig protest
Anti-fracking opponents from across the country took part in a mass “dance-off” protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool today.
Climate campaigners blockade Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Campaigners used two scaffolding tripods to block the entrance to Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool this morning.
Question Time in Blackpool asks: ‘Who decides on fracking?’
Who should decide on fracking came under the spotlight on BBC Question Time from Blackpool last night.
What’s happening this week? 12-18 February 2018
In this week’s listings: Mass boycott of Barclays; Three more INEOS, Fracking and You public meetings; Pre-inquiry meeting on INEOS Harthill appeal Protest trial and verdict; Film screenings; Plus rallies and gatherings.
Lancs councillors unanimously oppose Cuadrilla’s new traffic plans for Roseacre Wood fracking site
Lancashire councillors voted unanimously this morning against a revised traffic management scheme for Cuadrilla’s proposed fracking site at Roseacre Wood near Blackpool.
Borough councillors vote unanimously against Cuadrilla’s revised fracking plans
Fylde Borough councillors voted unanimously yesterday against Cuadrilla’s updated transport plans for its Roseacre Wood fracking site near Blackpool.
240+ households share Cuadrilla’s shale gas community payment
Cuadrilla said this morning more than 240 households living near its Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool have received a share of a £100,000 community benefit payment.
2017 in pictures – June
DrillOrDrop’s review of the year’s pictures reaches mid-summer with images of an eviction, two drilling sites, seismic testing and continuing protests outside Cuadrilla’s operation near Blackpool.
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