Frack Free Bake Off!

Watch the video to see what happened when Emma and Sophie Thompson held a Bake Off inspired protest at a site that’s been earmarked for fracking in Lancashire.

TTIP Potential Fracking Threat

The Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a potential threat to us with regards to fracking. With many American based fracking companies likely to be involved in the exploitation of our potential shale gas, this agreement, if ratified, would mean that fracking would become almost certain due to the heavy financial penalties of not fulfilling…

Cuadrilla Appealing Against Local Decision

The well publicised decision by Lancashire County Councillors to reject plans by Fracking company Cuadrilla to sink two exploratory fracking wells in the county have been challenged by the company in question. Given a Prime Minister that espouses local democracy and respect for the opinions of local people in making local decisions, there should be…

MPs Vote for a Temporary Ban on Fracking

Here’s the list of MPs who voted for a fracking moratorium – or temporary ban on fracking – during the Third Reading debate of the Infrastructure Bill.  52 MPs voted in favour of a fracking ban, but 308 voted against, so fracking will happen. Most Labour MPs abstained – which means they didn’t vote either…

Frack Free Cotswolds Downloadable Posters

Click the images below and then right click on the pop-up and select save as…

TIME TO ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

There will be a public meeting on Wed. 29th Oct. 2014 at the University of Gloucestershire. Room TC001 at the Francis Close Hall Campus, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ. Entitled ‘Time To Act – on climate change’ and an ‘Update on Fracking’. The speakers will be Suzanne Jeffery from Campaign against Climate Change and  Dr Jonathan Whittaker…

Cotswolds Stop Fracking Petition

Add your support and sign the local Anti Fracking group ‘Frack Free Cotswolds’ petition. http://frackfreecotswolds.co.uk/

Fears over fracking ‘green light’ in Gloucestershire

The new minerals plan is just one stage fracking companies have to go thorough. The Government has always planned for this to be easy. What is more alarming is that rather than protecting areas of outstanding natural beauty, the Government has removed yet another safeguard by making one minister responsible for the finial decision. We the public…

Greenbelt 2014

See us @ Greenbelt 2014! Get your free Fracking U.N.S.A.F.E. stickers. We are available to provide talks on anti-fracking for local or national impact.

Anti-Fracking Win in N.Y. Court May Deal Blow to Industry

By Chris Dolmetsch, Freeman Klopott and Jim Efstathiou Jr. June 30 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Betty Liu reports that New York State’s highest court ruled that towns and cities can block hydraulic fracturing within their borders, upholding a six-year-old statewide moratorium on the practice. She speaks on “In The Loop.” New York’s cities and towns can…