A Lancashire businessman who had been threatened with arrest for sounding his car horn in support of anti-fracking protesters led a convoy of hooting motorists past Cuadrilla’s shale gas site this morning.
A woman has climbed onto a lorry outside Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton, closing the road.
Farmers were urged at a rally in North Yorkshire this morning to deny fracking companies access to their land.
Landowners are demanding speedy action from the government about who should deal with the consequences if something goes wrong with fracking.
As Third Energy prepares for high volume hydraulic fracturing in North Yorkshire – the first in the UK for more than six years – campaigners Jon and Val Mager argue there are serious flaws in the regulatory regime.
Opponents of fracking plans at Kirby Misperton have accused North Yorkshire Police of violating their human right to protest.
IGas expects to submit a new planning application in north west England by the end of the year and to begin construction soon at its East Midlands shale gas sites.
In a last attempt to stop fracking at Kirby Misperton, Friends of the Earth has asked North Yorkshire Police to investigate whether bats will be at risk from Third Energy’s planned operation.
Two men were arrested this morning as anti-fracking campaigners gathered at the gates of Third Energy’s shale gas site in Kirby Misperton for the arrival of the first delivery vehicles.
Just one in seven women would be happy about living within five miles of a fracking site, according to a new opinion poll.
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