A Champion of Localism? Tory MP, Brandon Lewis, made a potentially lethal statement for the Conservatives regarding fracking and localism last week, during a Radio 4 Any Questions show. Listen to it again here, where he champions planning decisions made by local…
We have created a petition over Public Health England’s 2014 narrow ‘Review of potential public health impacts from shale gas extraction’. It is now grossly outdated and hundreds of critical studies have been published since. Public Health England must produce a new…
PEDL 165 Pipe Dreams This is a new visualisation of what the Fylde Coast could look like if Cuadrilla’s plans to build up to a hundred well pads in their licence area PEDL165 went ahead, revised after they relinquished a mere…
PRESS RELEASE 21st July 2016 Official: Asthma Attack Increase for Residents Close to Fracking Sites Preston New Road Action Group are again raising the dire issue of health-related diseases from fracking. A substantial seven-year study from America, with samples from 35…
Ryedale Decision Day is Friday 20th May. Join us as the Frack Free Lancashire bus visits Yorkshire with love for Ryedale Decision Day! We are joining our Yorkshire beauties to show support because Lancashire loves Yorkshire, doncha know! Here’s the…
New Report Slams Fracking Damage Across USA The Environment America Research and Policy Center has issued a damning new report on fracking damage in America, detailing land, climate and water harm over the last decade. You can read the full report…
The recent and severe Texas floods as reported here and on this news report, have caused fracking fluids and chemicals to leach into public waterways. Photos can be viewed here with a selection below: We were reminded of an untruth that was spoken…
Just to clarify any confusion, when the Planning Inspector, Wendy McKay, issues her report on or before the 4th of July, it will ONLY be to the Secretary of State – neither ourselves as a Rule 6 Party, or the other…
THIS is how much contempt Gideon Osborne and the Tories have for The Desolate North. The picture on the left shows a sales brochure that Osborne gave out to Chinese investors during his visit last year, prostituting Lancashire for a…
This cliché has become so tired and worn. It is regularly trotted out by the likes of DECC and the Environment Agency like they still believe it has a valid meaning: “Fracking is covered by gold-standard, robust regulations.” Cuadrilla, during this week’s…
