Climate activist jailed over pipeline protest
A climate campaigner who protested against a new jet fuel pipeline to Heathrow airport has been jailed for contempt of court.
Update: Climate protester leaves pipeline site after arrest warrant issued
Updated on 3 September 2022: A climate protester has left a site in Surrey that he has occupied for 33 days in protest at Esso’s new jet fuel pipeline.
DrillOrDrop’s most-viewed posts of 2018
Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site grabbed the attention of readers during 2018. Seven of the 10 most-read posts on DrillOrDrop in the past 12 months were about activities or protests at the site. Also in the top 10 posts with readers were Europa’s surprise announcement that it was […]
Review of 2018
2018 was a year of firsts for fracking and the campaigns against it, with successes and setbacks on both sides of the argument.
It’s time to escalate direct action to protect the climate, say freed anti-fracking protesters
The three anti-fracking campaigners released from jail by the Court of Appeal yesterday said they would continue to take direct action against fossil fuels until they saw change.
Freed campaigners call for mass demonstration outside fracking site
Three campaigners freed today by the Court of Appeal have called on people to join a mass demonstration outside the UK’s first shale gas fracking site for seven years.
Updated: Campaign groups join appeal over fracking protest sentences
The campaign groups, Friends of the Earth and Liberty, has been granted permission to intervene in the case of three anti-fracking protesters who are appealing today against their prison sentences.
MP asks government to investigate judge who jailed anti-fracking protesters
The justice secretary has been urged to investigate whether the judge who jailed three anti-fracking protesters last month followed an official code of conduct.
Shock over family connections of judge who jailed three anti-fracking campaigners
Campaigners have raised concerns about links between the judge who jailed three anti-fracking protesters last month and his family’s business in supplying the oil and gas industry.
Anti-fracking campaigners to appeal against jail sentences
Three men sent to jail last week for taking part in anti-fracking protests are to appeal against their sentences.
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