Fracking: Environmental campaigners challenge new government planning framework
Friends of the Earth say it will make it “virtually impossible” for councils to stop local fracking schemes.
Friends of the Earth say it will make it “virtually impossible” for councils to stop local fracking schemes.
The Tories are overriding objections to new dirty energy sources. But they will not win.
The push for shale gas is still strong – but campaigners are riding to ‘reclaim the power’.
Activists are gearing up for a fresh wave of protests against fracking. Could it halt the industry for good?
From Blackpool to Yorkshire, protests are showing this can be the year we kill off the idea of fracking in England.
Five years after campaigners kept drilling for gas at bay in the Sussex village of Balcombe, frackers Cuadrilla have been given the green light to come back. We won’t let them.
Campaigners have slammed the decision as a dangerous attack on free speech. Is peaceful protest against frackers being shut down in the UK?
Taking direct action against fracking wasn’t an impulsive decision but a last resort. I had exhausted every option through every democratic channel available to me.
Acting on orders from the government, the police are protecting a deeply unpopular industry and their tactics are becoming more desperate.
Jonathan Bartley, co-leader of the Green Party, was dragged away by police on Friday whilst attending a non-violent protest in North Yorkshire. Here’s what happened.