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.
Third Energy Holdings is based in the Cayman Islands, meaning it’s not liable for UK corporation tax.
Fracking company INEOS got a pre-emptive injunction against all future protests on some very flimsy evidence.
I witnessed a 79-year-old woman being kettled by a dozen officers for making tea. Keith Taylor, Green MEP, reports from Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire.
Fracking leads to water and air pollution, earthquakes and, ultimately, climate change. Caroline Lucas meets the local people fighting it on the frontline who’ve seen its effects.
The Labour council in Sheffield have already cut down 4,500 trees in the city, earning it the international reputation of “the city that cuts down trees”. It must stop.
The Labour leader is expected to be near major anti-fracking protests at the end of the week. He should join the movement against dirty energy, Natalie Bennett writes.
A further 80 people await trial for disrupting Cuadrilla’s fracking operations at Preston New Road.
