Women win right to appeal against UKOG protest injunction
Six women have won the right to appeal against an injunction on direct action protests at oil sites in Sussex and Surrey.
Lancashire calls for government funding of anti-fracking protest policing
Councillors in Lancashire are to ask the Home Secretary to pay for policing at anti-fracking protests from central government funding.
Picture post: IGas announces spud of Tinker Lane shale gas well after 80+ hour protest
The shale gas company, IGas, announced this morning it had begun drilling its well at Tinker Lane near Blyth in north Nottinghamshire.
Energy minister promises to visit anti-fracking protesters
The energy and clean growth minister, Claire Perry, told the House of Commons today she would go to Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site and would visit protesters.
Anti-fracking campaigners join protest to close five London bridges
An estimated 6,000+ of people, including opponents of fracking from across the UK, closed five bridges in central London to highlight their concerns about climate change.
22 arrests after climate change blockade of energy department
22 people were arrested following a seven-hour protest about the climate change outside a government department in central London.
Police impose limits on protests at Notts shale gas site
Nottinghamshire Police has introduced restrictions on where and when people can protest outside the IGas shale gas site at Tinker Lane, near Blyth.
Picture post: Tinker Lane protest, arrests and rig delivery
Two people locked themselves together this morning outside the entrance of the IGas exploration site at Tinker Lane in north Nottinghamshire. They were protesting about the imminent drilling for shale gas at the site near Blythe. Two men aged 31 and 45 were arrested on suspicion of obstruction, […]
Picture post: Hundreds gather at fracking site for climate rally
A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 shouted “Cuadrilla go home” at a climate rally outside the company’s fracking site near Blackpool today.
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.
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