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‘Extreme gas’ project proposal gets heated response in Wells
A packed public meeting at Wells Town Hall on Tuesday night, gave a heated response to the proposals by UK Methane to carry out test drilling for Coalbed Methane in Somerset.
Fracking on trial: the verdict
A Rising Tide activist who climbed a drilling rig in a protest against fracking in December last year was today found guilty under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act at Preston Magistrates Court. She was ordered to pay a £250 fine and £750 costs.
Yesterday two other defendants were cleared of charges of aggravated trespass as part of the same court case. (1)
On 1 December 2011, protestors from Bristol Rising Tide occupied the test drilling rig, at Cuadrilla Resource’s Hesketh Bank site, Lancashire, shutting it down for 13 hours. (2) (3)
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Lawfulness of Cuadrilla’s fracking operation remains in doubt
Yesterday, three people from Bristol Rising Tide were on trial for a second day at Preston Magistrates Court following their action (1) which shut down Cuadrilla Resources' hydraulic fracturing (2) site beside the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire in December 2011.
Two of the defendants went free when it became clear that the charges against them had been poorly framed. They had been charged with aggravated trespass.
Lawfulness of Cuadrilla’s fracking operations put into question
Today, three environmental activists were in court at Preston Magistrates Court following their action (1) which shut down a Cuadrilla Resources fracking (2) site beside the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire in December 2011.
The prosecution needs to demonstrate that Cuadrilla were operating lawfully and the prosecution lawyers were scrabbling to find an expert witness to support this position. Last minute phone calls by the prosecution team delayed the commencement of the trial.
Fracking on trial - again!
The safety of fracking will be challenged at Preston Magistrates Court today, as 3 people go on trial following a protest at Cuadrilla’s Hesketh Bank site, Lancashire, in December last year. (1) The trial is expected to last until Thursday.
On 1 December 2011, protestors from Bristol Rising Tide occupied the test drilling rig, shutting it down for 13 hours. (2) (3)
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Frack Free Somerset
We've joined Frack Free Somerset, a coalition of groups in Somerset that are concerned about fracking and coal bed methane. For more information about what fracking is and how it could affect Somerset, please see here.
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Coal Bed Methane threatens Keynsham
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.
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How could fracking affect Somerset?
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
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Statement of support for anti-fracking defendants, from Bristol Rising Tide
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.