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1. Protected: Frack Free Lancashire Condemns Aggressive Eviction
   20-Nov-19 • Claire Stephenson • Enter your password to view comments.
2. Guest post: Liability lottery of onshore decommissioning
   11-May-19 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
3. Cuadrilla wants to use more chemicals to improve fracking at shale gas site
   21-Feb-19 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
4. Open letter to Public Health England
   4-Feb-19 • John • 0 Comment
5. Open Letter from Lancashire Councillors to The Times on Fracking Francis Egan
   21-Jan-19 • Claire Stephenson • 1 Comment
6. Frack Free United makes the case against hydraulic fracturing
   11-Dec-18 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
7. Letter from Stephen Garsed
   5-Dec-18 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
8. Statement from Roseacre Action Group regarding Roseacre Wood Appeal
   14-Oct-18 • John • 0 Comment
9. LATEST GOVERNMENT POLLING SHOWS OPPOSITION TO FRACKING REMAINS MUCH HIGHER THAN SUPPORT
   26-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
10. More than 6,000 fracking wells needed in UK to halve gas imports
    25-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
11. The question of set-back distances
    25-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
12. Frackodills
    13-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
13. Scots fracking study ‘world beater’ while UK’s is out of date
    12-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
14. Inquiry into second Lancashire fracking site re-opens tomorrow
    9-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
15. 
    7-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
16. Fire service ordered to release emergency planning information for Cuadrilla’s fracking site
    6-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
17. United Resistance – Toxic Thursday
    6-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
18. Roseacre Inquiry Press Release
    5-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
19. Launch of United Resistance: ‘No Fracking or Bust’
    3-Apr-18 • Claire Stephenson • 0 Comment
20. First well completed at controversial fracking site
    3-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
21. A Fracking Firm’s Return to Balcombe Could Be One of the Industry’s Last Mistakes
    3-Apr-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
22. Open letter to the police
    2-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
23. Welcome to the United Resistance
    1-Apr-18 • John • 0 Comment
24. What’s happening this week? 26 March – 1 April 2018
    26-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
25. The Scandal Of Public Health England’s Outdated Fracking Health Report
    23-Mar-18 • John • 0 Comment
26. Emma Thompson and the Nanas
    22-Mar-18 • John • 0 Comment
27. Statement from Frack Free Lancashire Finance Sub-group
    20-Mar-18 • John • 0 Comment
28. Court adjourns decision on “wide-ranging” injunction against protests at UKOG oil drilling sites
    19-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
29. Exclusive: Secret Government report questions future of fracking
    19-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
30. Fracking Report Finds Unacceptable Risks
    17-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
31. Broad Coalition Backs National Trust in Fracking Fight With Ineos
    14-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
32. What’s happening this week? 12-18 March 2018
    12-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
33. Government trying to skew planning to support fracking-Greenpeace.
    7-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
34. Alan Tootill discusses proposed changes are to the National Planning Policy Framework
    6-Mar-18 • John • 0 Comment
35. Drilling diary & Headlines – March 2018
    2-Mar-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
36. A Nearly Invisible Oil Spill Threatens Some of Asia’s Richest Fisheries
    26-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
37. Scientists altered data proving fracking causes earthquakes
    26-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
38. What’s happening this week? 26 February-4 March 2018
    26-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
39. FRACKING NEWS
    24-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
40. Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State
    23-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
41. An excellent documentary on fracking
    21-Feb-18 • John • 0 Comment
42. Fracking row: Treasury ‘showing shambolic conflict of interest’
    21-Feb-18 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
43. Water quality and resources could be at risk from fracking, says the Environment Agency
    20-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
44. Special guests for Green Mondays
    15-Feb-18 • John • 0 Comment
45. 
    11-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
46. What’s happening this week? 12-18 February 2018
    11-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
47. Fracking is linked to breast cancer: Chemicals used in high-pressure oil and gas extraction cause uncontrolled cell division Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5363003/Fracking-linked-breast-cancer.
    8-Feb-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
48. Temporary respite for this unwelcome industry but no meaningful change
    1-Feb-18 • John • 0 Comment
49. I’m 73 and a grandmother. Fracking has turned me into an activist – Gillian Kelly
    19-Jan-18 • John • 0 Comment
50. Lancs planners stand by objection to Roseacre Wood fracking site
    18-Jan-18 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
51. Lancashire Conservative MPs say fracking must not take place at Roseacre
    10-Jan-18 • John • 0 Comment
52. Frack Free Groups Mark One Year at PNR Without Fracking
    5-Jan-18 • John • 0 Comment
53. 2017 IN PICTURES Part V September, October
    3-Jan-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
54. 2017 IN PICTURES PART IV May, June July August
    3-Jan-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
55. 2017 IN PICTURES Part III
    3-Jan-18 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
56. 2017 IN PICTURES Part ll
    28-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
57. 2017 IN PICTURES
    26-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
58. Fracking to begin in earnest in 2018 after tough year for industry
    26-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
59. Householders affected by floods face insurance double-whammy if they live nearby planned fracking sites
    24-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
60. Businessman considers legal action against police after acquittal for obstruction at anti-fracking protest
    20-Dec-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
61. Fracking waste treatment and disposal could cost £1m a well – new research
    18-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
62. Cashing Out From the Climate Casino
    18-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
63. New Date (18th) and Venue for FBC meeting which was on January 10th
    18-Dec-17 • John • 0 Comment
64. What’s happening this week? 18-24 December 2017
    17-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
65. Water management at Cuadrilla’s Lancs fracking site a “matter of priority” – Minister
    17-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
66. Guest Post by Miranda Cox: A view from the other side of the well pad
    14-Dec-17 • John • 0 Comment
67. A wonderful message from Caroline Lucas
    14-Dec-17 • John • 0 Comment
68. The World Bank clearly shares our view
    13-Dec-17 • John • 0 Comment
69. 100 MPs have now signed a pledge to divest their pension from fossil fuels
    11-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
70. 2017 – Help us build a year in pictures
    6-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
71. Wake up Cycling Call!
    4-Dec-17 • John • 0 Comment
72. DRILLING DIARY DECEMBER 2017
    2-Dec-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
73. Latest on the Appeal by Cuadrilla Elswick Limited [29.11.2017]
    29-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
74. Cuadrilla’s New Route Proposals
    29-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
75. Boom in renewables weakens fracking’s case in UK, says Tory MP
    29-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
76. Fracking is harmful to health, Scottish Government report says
    27-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
77. TED talk on Astroturfing
    27-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
78. Lancashire Day
    27-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
79. Breaking: INEOS fracking injunction continues
    23-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
80. Europa to challenge council over Leith Hill oil site
    21-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
81. Labour Briefing – May Increasingly Isolated on Fracking
    21-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
82. What’s happening this week? 20-26 November 2017
    20-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
83. More politicians come to Preston New Road
    20-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
84. Police and campaigners respond to criticism of anti-fracking protest policing
    20-Nov-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
85. NETPOL REPORT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS
    20-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
86. Documents reveal North Yorkshire Police’s close relationship with fracking firms
    18-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
87. Cuadrilla fracking protest trial – 12 guilty of obstruction but cleared on trades union charges
    17-Nov-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
88. Landowners demand government action over fracking liability
    15-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
89. Fracking Company Cuadrilla Pushed Lancashire Council to Remove ‘Biased’ Community Group Chair
    15-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
90. What’s happening this week? 13-19 November 2017
    12-Nov-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
91. The oil and gas boom has devastated ecosystems across the US
    10-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
92. Consultation on a variation to Cuadrilla’s planning permission
    9-Nov-17 • John • 0 Comment
93. Renewables Increase Popularity While Fracking Support Falls to Lowest Yet in Britain
    9-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
94. Councils investing more than £16 billion in the fossil fuel industry
    9-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
95. Cuadrilla apply for environmental permit variation
    7-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
96. Protest update: 30 October-12 November 2017
    6-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
97. “Robust regulation not materialising”, say residents as Cuadrilla asked again to improve water management at Lancashire fracking site
    3-Nov-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
98. 
    3-Nov-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
99. Cuadrilla seeks permission for night deliveries at Lancashire fracking site
    30-Oct-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
100. Informing the farming and rural community of the dangers of fracking.
     26-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
101. Cuadrilla’s fracking vehicles took wrong turn 115 times in three months, documents reveal
     25-Oct-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
102. Pollutants from fracking could pose health risk to children
     25-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
103. Scottish Parliament backs moratorium on fracking
     24-Oct-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
104. What’s Happening and Protest Update
     24-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
105. Council confirms Angus oil production scheme at Brockham does not have planning permission
     24-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
106. A complex tale of thumper trucks, leaks and dirty bath water
     24-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
107. Frack Free Lancashire groups need your help
     23-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
108. Fracking protesters vow to ‘put their lives on line’ after scaling rig
     23-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
109. Government considering fracking consent and cash for protest policing
     17-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
110. WHAT FUTURE FOR FRACKING
     17-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
111. WHAT’S HAPPENING AND PROTEST UPDATE
     16-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
112. 85-year-old dragged away from a fracking protest
     15-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
113. UK climate change masterplan – the grownups have finally won
     13-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
114. What’s happening this week? 9-15
     10-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
115. Police under scrutiny as officers remove campaigner from second tower at N Yorks fracking site
     10-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
116. Picture Post: Cuadrilla hosts first fracking site online tour and Q&A from Preston New Road
     7-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
117. The Story of how Fracking ruined my Water
     6-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
118.  Public Meeting
     5-Oct-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
119. European countries spend billions a year on fossil fuel subsidies, survey shows
     28-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
120. Farmers Against Fracking rally at KM8 site
     27-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
121. UK Drilling Down with Dodgy Fracking Data
     23-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
122. Green Party backs peaceful direct action against fracking in Lancashire
     18-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
123. What’s happening this week? 18-24 September 2017
     18-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
124. GREEN MONDAYS AND FRACKING NEWS
     16-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
125. Wind could make Britain an energy superpower to rival Arabia
     15-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
126. Council agrees conditions on Third Energy’s North Yorkshire fracking permission
     12-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
127. What’s happening this week? 11-17 September 2017
     12-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
128. Fracking Has an Enormous Radioactive Waste Problem
     11-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
129. Protest update: 4-10 September 2017
     10-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
130. What happened to the National College of Onshore Oil and Gas?
     8-Sep-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
131. The Big Challenge: Fracking will never be the answer.
     7-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
132. Drilling diary – September 2017
     3-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
133. September 2017 Drilling headlines
     3-Sep-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
134. Anti-fracking campaigners make final legal challenge to Cuadrilla’s shale gas plan
     30-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
135. 17.6M Americans live close to active oil and gas (and fracking) wells
     30-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
136. Public support for fracking in the UK at record low, official survey reveals
     29-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
137. Double challenge to ministerial approval of Cuadrilla’s fracking site goes to Appeal Court
     28-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
138. What’s happening this week? 28 August-3 September 2017
     28-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
139. There may be a huge flaw in UK fracking hopes – the geology
     25-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
140. What’s happening this week? 21-27 August 2017
     21-Aug-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
141. UK shale gas overhyped because geology is unsuitable for fracking – Scottish research
     17-Aug-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
142. Council bans pedestrians from fracking site verges until 2019 after spending £59k on security guards
     12-Aug-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
143. Cuadrilla announces doubling of spending in Lancashire
     12-Aug-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
144. What’s happening this week? 7-13 August 2017
     7-Aug-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
145. Force used at fracking site protests 165 times in 19 day
     5-Aug-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
146. Drilling diary – August 2017
     31-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
147. What’s happening this week? 31 July-6 August 2017
     30-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
148. Crane operator pulling out of work at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
     30-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
149. Fracking Companies Are ‘Suffering’ as Financing Dries Up
     30-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
150. 1,200+ people call for removal of rig from Cuadrilla’s fracking site1,200+ people call for removal of rig from Cuadrilla’s fracking site
     29-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
151. Haulier pulls out of Cuadrilla delivery after 72+ hour truck protest
     29-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
152. Lancashire Police face allegations of violence and collusion over fracking site
     29-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
153. Police deny facilitating fracking drill operation
     29-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
154. Lorry protest outside Lancs fracking site nears 60 hours
     27-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
155. Cuadrilla condemns fracking protesters for eight-hour road closure – opponents blame police tactics
     25-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
156. What’s happening this week? 24-30 July 2017
     23-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
157. North West trade unionists call for fracking ban
     14-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
158. “Right to protest under threat at Lancashire fracking site” – Green Party
     14-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
159. What’s happening this week? 10-16 July 2017
     10-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
160. Cuadrilla’s bid to change rules for Lancs shale gas site raises concerns about “intensified fracking”
     9-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
161. Cuadrilla’s bid to change rules for Lancs shale gas site raises concerns about “intensified fracking”
     7-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
162. Fracking Companies Hoped They’d Get Away With It
     6-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
163. Fracking Companies Hoped They’d Get Away With It
     6-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
164. Police and private security accused of using ‘brutal’ and ‘violent’ force in a quiet Lancashire village
     6-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
165. Three Lancs councillors join 13-person anti-fracking lock-on protest at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site
     3-Jul-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
166. MONTH OF ACTION SCHEDULED TO STOP THE UK’S FIRST COMMERCIAL FRACKING SITE IN LANCASHIRE
     2-Jul-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
167. Live updates from Fylde fracking meeting
     28-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
168. LATEST CUADRILLA COCK-UP AT PRESTON NEW ROAD
     27-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
169. June 2017 drilling headlines
     27-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
170. Drone pictures raise concerns over surface water at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
     24-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
171. Live updates: eviction of Leith Hill protection camp
     21-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
172. Study of oil and gas drilling finds pollution and connections to earthquakes
     20-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
173. Dirty money: Scots councils under fire for fracking funds
     19-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
174. The call to ‘Fraxit’ and six stress tests the fracking industry fails
     17-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
175. Fracking could be off the agenda after surprise election result
     15-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
176. Cuadrilla cuts costs to stem losses as shale project faces further opposition
     12-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
177. What’s happening this week? 12-18 June 2017
     11-Jun-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
178. REPORT BY PROFESSOR DAVID K SMYTHE
     11-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
179. Double attack on Conservative manifesto fracking promises
     11-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
180. More and more world leaders are accepting the gravity of the risks associated with fracking.
     5-Jun-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
181. What’s happening this week? 5-11 June 2017
     4-Jun-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
182. Drilling diary – June 2017
     31-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
183. European backing for Lancashire fracking protests
     31-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
184. “Government misled public and parliament over shale gas carbon emissions” – new research
     24-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
185. Conservatives back fracking and seeks to take some shale decisions away from local councils
     19-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
186. Anti-fracking campaigners accuse police of “disproportionate and aggressive” tactics at Cuadrilla shale gas site
     17-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
187. Judge dismisses bid to challenge government minister over reopening Lancashire fracking inquiry
     17-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
188. Photographer appeals against conviction for obstruction at anti-fracking protest
     15-May-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
189. Battered but steadfast: dispatch from Lancashire, England’s fracking frontline
     8-May-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
190. CUADRILLA’S PORTAL
     28-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
191. IMAGES FROM PRESTON NEW ROAD
     26-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
192. STATEMENT FROM FFL FINANCE SUB – GROUP
     25-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
193. What You Need to Know About Fracking In Canada
     24-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
194. Is it not better to invest in renewable energy instead of fracking?
     24-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
195. I AM BRITAIN – I AM FRACK FREE
     21-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
196. Why Cuadrilla’s fracking ‘megapads’ are a pipe dream
     18-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
197. Statement issued on behalf of Frack Free Lancashire
     17-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
198. Judge blocks resident’s legal challenge over second Cuadrilla Lancashire fracking site
     16-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
199. Protester complains of police ‘assault’
     13-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
200. Anti-fracking campaigners lose legal challenge over Cuadrilla’s Lancs shale gas site
     12-Apr-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
201. Government accused of ignoring its own climate change experts over fracking
     11-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
202. Irish parliamentary watchdog backs fracking ban: ‘Risks outweigh the benefits’
     11-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
203. GOP governor signs fracking ban into law
     7-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
204. A TIDAL WAVE OF FORCE
     6-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
205. Clean energy transition now appears irreversible.
     2-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
206. SUPPLY IN DEMAND (Big Issue)
     1-Apr-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
207. Secretive Industry Conference Seeks to Persuade People Fracking is a Good Idea
     31-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
208. What’s happening this week? 27 March-2 April 2017
     27-Mar-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 2 Comments
209. Fracking decision ‘not lawful’, campaigners tell court.
     16-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
210. Anti-fracking campaigners gather at court for challenge against government on shale gas consent
     15-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
211. Drone images show scale of fracking operation at Preston New Road
     15-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
212. Protest weekly update: 6-12 March 2017
     13-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
213. THE PNR SITE 10th March 2017
     11-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
214. ‘A tidal wave of force’
     7-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
215. “Police trying to provoke protesters at Lancashire fracking site”, say injured councillors
     7-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
216. Interview with Tina after court decision
     6-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
217. Judge grants injunction for Cuadrilla’s fracking site – but rejects protest area proposal
     6-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
218. Lancashire Police corrects statement on “breach of fence” at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site
     2-Mar-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
219. FRACKING MYTHS AND FACTS
     23-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
220. CUADRILLA PLANNING TO START DRILLING
     21-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
221. Hydraulic Fracturing 3D Animation
     18-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
222. Six anti-frackers arrested after latest shale gas protest.
     17-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
223. Photographer arrested by GMP for crossing the road
     8-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
224. Breached traffic rules at Cuadrilla fracking site led to two-car crash – eye witness
     8-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
225. Fracking company seeks relaxation of planning conditions for restoration at Becconsall
     7-Feb-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
226. Second supplier pulls out of Cuadrilla fracking contract
     7-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
227. Protesters win fracking battle with Bolton firm
     6-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
228. What’s happening this week? 6-11 February 2017
     5-Feb-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
229. ‘Farce’ claims over frack info summit
     3-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
230. Drilling Diary – February 2017
     3-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
231. POLL: Should fracking take place in Yorkshire?
     3-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
232. Residents demand stricter monitoring of Cuadrilla’s fracking site
     2-Feb-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
233. 9,442 Citizen-Reported Fracking Complaints Reveal 12-Years of Suppressed Data
     2-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
234. Why energy may soon be free thanks to solar, wind, storage and big data.
     2-Feb-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
235. Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire WEEKLY UPDATE
     31-Jan-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
236. PRESTON NEW ROAD
     30-Jan-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
237. Mystery Tea House film showing
     30-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
238. Raised spirits for Anti-Fracking campaigners
     29-Jan-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
239. BOYCOTT
     29-Jan-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
240. Government facing legal action over failure to fight climate change
     29-Jan-17 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
241. Protest weekly update: 23-29 January 2017
     29-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
242. Slow walking and country lanes
     27-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
243. Manchester to hear all legal challenges to Cuadrilla fracking rulings – against government wishes
     26-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
244. Residents feel betrayed over failure to test for radon around Lancashire fracking site
     24-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
245. What’s happening this week? 23-29 January 2017
     22-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
246. 
     15-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
247. Friends of the Earth: Let’s talk about the fracking facts
     13-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
248. What’s happening this week? 9-15 January 2017
     9-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
249. Rolling Roadside Protest – Anti Fracking – Anti Cuadrilla
     5-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
250. Friends of the Earth and the ASA ruling
     5-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
251. Drilling Diary 2017 via Drill or Drop
     1-Jan-17 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
252. Review of 2016
     29-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
253. The call to ‘Fraxit’ and six stress tests the fracking industry fails
     27-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
254. Francis Egan on drilling in 2017
     22-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
255. Southern Water fined record £2m for sewage leak on Kent beaches
     21-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
256. Four west country councils vote against fracking
     21-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
257. Fracking giant fails to lock up a grandmother.
     18-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
258. Frack Free Lancashire Teddies
     8-Dec-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
259. CUADRILLA JUMPING THE GUN AGAIN!!
     2-Dec-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
260. Drilling Diary December via Ruth Hayhurst
     1-Dec-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
261. New ‘body of evidence’ unveils fracking threats to public health & safety
     30-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
262. What’s happening this week? 28 November – 4 December 2016
     29-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
263. Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 25 November 2016
     29-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
264. Challenges to police links between fracking opposition and domestic extremism
     29-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
265. The Russian megamines where the UK gets its coal
     28-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
266. Rig Watch project
     25-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
267. Government accused of ‘dirty tricks’ over controversial fracking report
     25-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
268. Local resident seeks Judicial Review
     19-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
269. Report by the Concerned Health Professionals of New York
     18-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
270. Seismic denial?
     18-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
271. Sell-out play on fracking gets UK tour
     15-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
272. UNITED AGAINST FRACKING Manchester Rally
     13-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
273. Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 11 November 2016
     13-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
274. Strengthen policy on “acid fracking” in South Downs – National Park Authority
     13-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
275. Lancs fracking site not safe, sustainable or supported, local councillor tells MPs
     11-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
276. US anti-fracking campaigner calls for 1-mile buffer between wellsites and children
     9-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
277. What’s happening this week? 7-13 November 2016
     7-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
278. Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 4 November 2016
     6-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
279. October 2016 drilling headlines
     5-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
280. Resident challenges minister’s decision to reopen inquiry on Cuadrilla’s Roseacre Wood fracking plans
     2-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
281. Government loses court battle on dirty air, it must act now to ditch diesel.
     2-Nov-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
282. Drilling Diary – November 2016
     31-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
283. Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 28 October 2016
     30-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
284. Barclays anti-fracking protests
     30-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
285. Cuadrilla losses mount to $17.6m
     29-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
286. Blackpool Gazette
     28-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
287. Study links blood pressure risk to road noise
     25-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
288. Manchester 12th November
     22-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
289. Who will stand up for ‘the little people’ ?
     22-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
290. What’s happening this week? 17-23 October 2016
     17-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
291. Anti-Fracking Rally 12th November
     17-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
292. In their clamour for shale gas, ministers forgot the climate agreement
     16-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
293. Roseacre Roads cant cope with fracking traffic
     13-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
294. Lancashire anti-fracking campaigners call on PM to honour promise on fighting injustice
     13-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
295. Minister’s Lancashire fracking decision has “unleashed a dragon” says community group
     12-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
296. Ignoring local concerns on fracking will come back to haunt Britain
     12-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
297. Reflections on the fight for a frack-free Lancashire
     11-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
298. Sajid Javid is being ‘reckless’ with lives to push fracking, campaigners say
     11-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
299. Council faces bill of £330k for costs in fracking battle
     10-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
300. Fracking given UK go-ahead as Lancashire council rejection overturned
     9-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
301. Message of Support for Frack Free Lancashire From Margaret Greenwood, MP (West Wirral), Merseyside
     7-Oct-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
302. What price Tory localism when fracking’s on offer in Lancashire?
     7-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
303. The Government has overturned a decision to refuse planning permission for fracking of shale gas in Lancashire.
     6-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
304. What’s happening this week? 3-9 October 2016
     3-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
305. Residents in Lancashire await Government fracking decision
     3-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
306. FRACKING AND THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY
     3-Oct-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
307. Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 30 September 2016
     30-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
308. No fracking, drilling or digging: it’s the only way to save life on Earth
     30-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
309. Response to Babs Murphy/Chamber of Commerce by Barbara Richardson RAG
     28-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
310. ‘I AM TINA ROTHERY’ LATEST!!
     27-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
311. Drills the point home nicely.
     26-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
312. Fracking supporters side-step ASA process before Lancashire decision
     26-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
313. Labour government would ban fracking in UK
     26-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
314. What I told the government about fracking and their unsustainable ‘dash for gas’
     26-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
315. What’s happening this week? 26 September – 2 October 2016
     26-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
316. Labour government will ban fracking in the UK + reaction
     26-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
317. US fracking firm supplying gas to Scotland ‘trashed environment’
     26-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
318. Former planning minister backs local decisions on fracking
     24-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
319. Recent research round-up: March-Sept 2016
     23-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
320. Town’s new anti-fracking group meet with MP to voice concerns
     23-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
321. What I told the government about fracking and their unsustainable ‘dash for gas’
     23-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
322. Updated: Lancashire campaigner prepares for legal fight against government approval of Cuadrilla fracking plans
     21-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
323. Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos makes slow progress in UK fracking drive
     19-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
324. In Ohio, frackers are drilling. Soon Ineos will be doing the same in Britain?
     17-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
325. FRACKING WEEK IN PARLIAMENT
     16-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
326. LETS GET LABOUR TO BAN FRACKING
     16-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
327. MIKE HILL EXONERATED
     15-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
328. Shale Gas Production in England – an updated public health assessment
     15-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
329. Methane Emissions Rising From Fracking, New Study Shows
     15-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
330. Group to challenge Sussex licence extension in the courts
     15-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
331. WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK
     12-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
332. BITS FROM THE APPG
     8-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
333. New bid for 20 years of oil production in South Downs National Park due soon
     8-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
334. FRACKING GRIDLOCK
     8-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
335. Fracking companies urged to limit number of well sites to reassure residents
     7-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
336. Roseacre Wood Geology
     7-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
337. Minister avoids questions on acceptable level of fracking emissions
     6-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
338. Panorama : Sellafield
     5-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
339. Shale Gas APPG pro-fracking ‘stitch-up’ exposed
     5-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
340. 5-11 September 2016: What’s happening this week? via drillordrop
     5-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
341. Who wants to drill where? Autumn 2016 update
     2-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
342. Drilling diary – September 2016
     1-Sep-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
343. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
     1-Sep-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
344. Victoria bans fracking
     31-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
345. LANCASHIRE FRACKING PROSPECT CAUSES STRESS, SUSPICION AND FRACTURED COMMUNITIES – NEW RESEARCH
     31-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
346. Momentum Continues to Grow in the Opposition to Fracking: More Than 70 Brazilian Cities Approve Fracking Bans
     30-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
347. U.S. Electricity Generation From Renewables Has Broken Records Every Month in 2016
     26-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
348. Lock the Gate to Frackers
     19-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
349. Police monitoring group offers guidance on the role of security guards at anti fracking protests
     12-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
350. France to roll out futuristic solar roads to power millions of homes
     11-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
351. Ministers ignoring the radioactive risks of fracking
     11-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
352. House prices in UK’s only fracking area drop 4%
     11-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
353. Black Ice & Disobedience
     10-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
354. 8-14 August 2016 : What’s happening this week?
     9-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
355. Date announced for more powerful Oil and Gas Authority
     9-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
356. Why the UK government’s fracking payout claim is just not true
     9-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
357. Government told to fast track fracking
     9-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
358. Trying to bribe public to accept fracking won’t work, say campaigners
     8-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
359. Fracking Payouts
     7-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
360. All households near shales gas sites set for payout.
     7-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
361. Spotlight on Ineos
     6-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
362. Climate change subsidy slashed by Government days after Brexit vote
     5-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
363. Exposed: Glasgow Uni’s plot to cut off anti-fracking Professor
     4-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
364. The Next Shale Boom Will Be Built on Sand
     4-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
365. Germany Bans Fracking Forever
     4-Aug-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
366. LaSalle County, Illinois Frac Sand Mining
     1-Aug-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
367. Backing for fracking up slightly but strong support at record low -Government survey
     31-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
368. Photos: 3,000+ attend York anti-fracking rally
     30-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
369. Are astroturf groups behind Lancashire fracking?
     29-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
370. The NWETF gets a reboot
     28-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
371. Chair writes to David Davis and Therese Coffey
     27-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
372. Caroline Lucas asks THE question
     26-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
373. Chichester talks Fracking
     26-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
374. What’s happening this week? 25-31 July 2016
     25-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
375. Concerns mount over Andrea Leadsom’s suitability for environment role
     24-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
376. UN criticises UK and Germany for betraying Paris climate deal
     24-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
377. Frackfree Ryedale Newsletter
     22-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
378. Lancaster MP presses Minister for fracking meeting
     21-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
379. GATHERING ON THE GREEN 5
     21-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
380. Horse Hill protest policing was “negligent” and an “abject failure”, court told
     21-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
381. Massive Fracking Explosion in New Mexico, 36 Oil Tanks Catch Fire
     16-Jul-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment
382. DECC abolished: Leadsom to Environment, Javid gets Local Government, Clark to Business and Energy
     14-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
383. Fracking’s Total Environmental Impact Is Staggering
     14-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
384. Surrey councillors approve 15 years of gas production in AONB
     13-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
385. What’s happening this week? 11-17 July 2016
     11-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
386. Biggest health threat from fracking is climate change – new report
     7-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
387. Red line protest outside Manchester oil and gas conference
     6-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
388. CUADRILLA’S SUPPORTING STATEMENT RE BECCONSALL EXPLORATION
     3-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
389. Fracking-Affected Families Plead with President Obama: ‘We Need Help.’
     2-Jul-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
390. Hero gran ‘dubbed modern day Spartacus’ after £55k legal bill for fracking protest sparks worldwide protest
     30-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
391. Obama Administration Approved Gulf Fracking During Deepwater Horizon Disaster
     27-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
392. “Frack Master” accused of $80m investment fraud
     25-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
393. Anti-fracking campaigner tells court: “I won’t pay Cuadrilla’s £55k legal bill”
     24-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
394. Pressure mounts over ‘suppression’ of UK fracking impacts report
     23-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
395. Who will and who won’t be deciding Cuadrilla’s fracking applications?
     21-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
396. DECC Delays Release of Any Information on the CCC’s Independent Fracking and Climate Change Report
     21-Jun-16 • Rowland Taylor • 0 Comment
397. NINE HORSE HILL ANTI-FRACKING PROTESTERS CLEARED – TRIAL JUDGE REGRETS ARRESTS
     18-Jun-16 • Dianne Hogarth • 0 Comment