A petition will be presented next week calling for a review of an official UK report on the impact of fracking on health.
The trial of a group of Lancashire residents who blocked the entrance to Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at the start of a month of direct action protests has been set for November.
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An anti-fracking protester has been on top of a lorry near Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool for more than 58 hours.
North Wales Police has confirmed it will not be sending more officers to police protests outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool.
The Environment Agency has made five visits to Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site since November 2016, of which one was unannounced, according to written parliamentary answers this week.
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: Two days of lock-on protests at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site; Eight arrests at Marriott Drilling; Officers overturn wheelchair as they try to remove protester from road; Food and farming rally […]
The Green Party is calling on the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, to answer allegations of violence by security guards and staff against protesters at its site near Blackpool.
Policing of protests at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site will use officers from other parts of the UK, as well as the local force, from next week.
DrillOrDrop’s July 2017 digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas updated daily. For headlines from previous months, click here
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