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Coal Bed Methane threatens Keynsham

Submitted by brt on Thu, 30/08/2012 - 20:44

UK Methane have contacted Transition Keynsham to say that they are putting in a planning application for exploration of a Coal Bed Methane borehole at Hicks Gate Roundabout in Keynsham. Join the Frack Free Somerset mailing list to be kept up to date.

coal bed methane in keynsham

How could fracking affect Somerset?

Submitted by brt on Thu, 30/08/2012 - 20:41

How could Fracking affect Somerset?

A public meeting with a panel of stakeholders to answer your questions.

Tuesday 25th September 2012, 7 – 9pm, Wells Town Hall

Are you concerned about how hydraulic fracturing could affect Somerset? This is an opportunity to ask questions & listen to speakers both for and against fracking and its potential affects on communities and ecosystems across Somerset.

For more information or to request a space on the panel please email: info@frackfreesomerset.org

Statement of support for anti-fracking defendants, from Bristol Rising Tide

Submitted by brt on Tue, 17/07/2012 - 16:37

On the 2nd November 2011 the Cuadrilla Resources test drilling site at Banks in Lancashire was occupied by five protesters from Frack Off in an attempt to stop the spread of this destructive method of energy extraction to the British Isles. Subsequently, three of the protesters were charged with aggravated trespass.

Activists occupy farm building at Hinkley C nuclear site

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sat, 18/02/2012 - 19:40

Activists are occupying a farmhouse close to Hinkley Point nuclear power station, to stop EDF Energy trashing land for a planned new nuclear power station; and are calling for more people to join them. Anti-nuclear campaigners have been joined by members of Seize the Day as the first residents of Edf-Off Cottage which is on the 400-acre site earmarked for two new mega-reactors. Following an occupation of trees last week, the campaign against Hinkley C power station being built on fragile coastal land has now moved to a nearby farmhouse.

DIY Solar

Submitted by Toadministrator on Mon, 02/01/2012 - 16:32

Bristol based 'Demand Energy Equality' are working with Bristol RT to roll out workshops enabling people to build their own solar panels from re-used materials. The objective of the workshops is both to ensure that renewable technology is available to low income households, at half the price of commercial panels, and to educate participants about reducing energy demand and demistify the technology involved.

"I took part in a workshop and found it really inspiring to build my own source of power, and I certainly value the panel after all the hard work, (and breakages). I had to think back to GCSE Science to try and grasp the electrical basics, but the workshops are designed to be accessible to everyone, whatever level of experience they have."

Bristol Rising Tide activists fined for coal action in Scotland

Submitted by Toadministrator on Tue, 27/12/2011 - 21:53

On 22nd December, two Bristol Rising Tide activists appeared at Lanark Sheriff's Court to be sentenced following an action to stop work at the Mainshill open cast mine back in March 2011. The two were fined £400 each for aggravated trespass by Sheriff Stewart.

Fracking Hell - Bristol Rising Tide shut down the country's only hydraulic fracturing rig!

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sat, 10/12/2011 - 08:04

FrackingFracking is a nightmare! Toxic and radioactive water pollution. Tap water you can set on fire. Earthquakes. Runaway climate change. To produce expensive gas that will soon run out. Yet another false solution to try and maintain fossil fuel use!

Cycle protest occupies Shell forecourts in Bristol

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 22/02/2011 - 11:37

On the forecourtOn Saturday 12th February, Bristol and Bath Rising Tide and friends went on a bicycle tour of Bristol’s Shell petrol stations. The ride was in protest at Shell’s activities in Co. Mayo where they are laying a high pressure gas pipeline; and in solidarity with the courageous local resistance to the project.

The day we blocked the railway

Submitted by Toadministrator on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 21:25

The day we blocked the railway from Alined Gif on Vimeo.

A puppet show by Otherstory Telling the story of Bristol & Bath Rising Tide's blockade of the railway from the Ffos y Fran opencast coal mine near Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales in April 2010. Recorded at a Rising Tide benefit at the Boneyard Bar in Bristol

Coal Train Blockaders in Court + Action Snaps

Submitted by Toadministrator on Sun, 02/01/2011 - 15:52

We finally got our camera back from the police :)

 

Update: Restraining orders quashed
On Wednesday 1st December the Court of Appeal in London lifted restraining orders off 12 people who blockaded the Ffos y Fran coal mine in April 2010. Miller Argent have for years been operating the noisy, polluting mine, described by the Crown Prosecution Service as "a highly controversial project", despite the strong objection of the local community, some of who live within 40 metres of the mine and have to suffer black rain and noisy machinery at antisocial hours. The full court transcripts aren't available yet so we're not sure what this means for those with similar cases.

 

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