Fracking for Dummies
The anti-fracking support meeting this evening decided we need a basic intro to fracking. Here it is.In 2011, the Green Party called for a fracking moratorium, to give time to evaluate the impacts of...
View ArticleWhat’s new at Kirkby Misperton Protection Camp?
If you are thinking of going to support Kirkby Misperton Protection Camp, here is some info about how to get there and what they need. They are trying to, over time, gather large numbers …...
View ArticleBarclays! Get your fracking hands off Ryedale
Barclays’ investments in fracking – Don’t bank with Barclays Barclays owns fracking company Third Energy, the company fracking in Ryedale despite thousands of local objections. Third Energy has a...
View ArticlePreston New Road Rolling Roadside Protest – Keep Lancashire Frack Free
Today, 19th January, is the 12th day of the daily rolling roadside protest at the Preston New Road fracking site, organised by the local residents’ Preston New Road Action Group . Preston New Road is...
View ArticleBoycott Barclays, say Frackfree Planet campaigners
“Get Your Fracking Hands Off Ryedale” was the message from the Frackfree Planet picket outside the Hebden Bridge branch of Barclays Bank on Wednesday 22nd February. Calderdale members of Frackfree...
View ArticleTodmorden Weir Minerals to ask Weir Head Office about fossil fuel divestment...
Following an unannounced visit by Climate Crime Unit Investigators on April 6th, the managing director of Weir Minerals in Todmorden has agreed to ask Weir Head Office whether the company warns...
View ArticleBarclays to stop financing the #Ryedale fracking company, Third Energy
Sometimes we win battles! Frack Free Calderdale is pleased that last week at their Annual General Meeting, Barclays’ Chairman John McFarlane told their shareholders that the bank would be withdrawing...
View ArticleFrack Free Calderdale tell Yorkshire Water fracking risks to water are...
On 27th October, Frack Free Calderdale folk gathered in St George’s Square, Hebden Bridge, to tell Yorkshire Water that fracking waste water is dangerous, and they are unhappy with the prospect of...
View Article23rd Jan Halifax Affordable Warmth drop in – advice on heating and insulation...
On Wednesday 23 January at Better Lives, 42 Market Street in Halifax town centre (opposite Tesco Metro), between 10am and 12.30pm, Calderdale Council and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau are holding an...
View Article#AxeDrax – Climate campaigners denounce government’s approval of UK’s biggest...
The 4th October decision by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to allow Drax Plc’s planning application for the UK’s largest ever gas-fired power capacity will lock...
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