For those who live here in the North West of England and certainly many beyond, we are very much aware of the issue of fracking. Extracting shale gas by unconventional techniques like fracking, introduces hazards, toxins, pollution and risk of harm to the environment, nature, wildlife and people of the community.
I have strongly and actively opposed this industry and took part in non-violent direct action during the ongoing protests at the Preston New Road Rolling Roadside Protest (between Preston and Blackpool) where fracking firm Cuadrilla has a site.
Yesterday it was made clear that despite the last attempts to frack being prematurely brought to an end after causing 57 seismic events, Cuadrilla has applied to carry out fracking again on a second well. The community opposing this is devastated. They’ve already been active in protest at this site daily since 4th January 2017 and had thought there was a chance it was over. Sadly not.
I will continue to work both here and in Europe to ensure we bring a halt to the extraction of all fossil fuels and hope you can get involved wherever you are in the fight to protect our precious environment.
Further details on the planning application can be found here.
Gina
