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.
UKIP says shale gas is too great an opportunity to ignore but it has promised not to drill for it in national parks.
As expected, the Green Party has promised to replace fracking, coal-fired power stations and nuclear with renewables.
In this week’s listings: More screenings of The Bentley Effect and performances of Fracked! Direct action workshops Election hustings and Green Party manifesto launch Reclaim the Power national gathering A E Yates petition hand-in
A Conservative government would take some decisions on shale gas drilling plans out of local control.
The Lib Dems became the second party in two days to publish a manifesto with an anti-fracking pledge.
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool say their right to protest has been “repeatedly trampled on” by Lancashire Police.
As predicted, Labour’s manifesto, published this morning, includes a promise to ban fracking.
Opponents of plans to frack in North Yorkshire have welcomed confirmation by Barclays that it plans to sell its stake in Third Energy “at some point”.
Plans by INEOS to drill an exploratory shale gas well in north Derbyshire have been published by the county council.
DRILL OR DROP? 