Mar 11 2014
Martin Burke, one of the defendants in the case (along with Ian Crane), said: “This case is a success in the campaign to highlight the fact that fracking is highly dangerous. It shows what can be done by ordinary people who do what they think they should do, if only by voting. There are …
Mar 10 2014
The Barton Moss Protection camp will find out before midday on Tuesday 11th March if it is to be evicted. Martin Porter of Frack Free Greater Manchester said: “A week after a Manchester Evening News survey found that 73% of Greater Manchester residents opposed fracking and the day after over a thousand people marched peacefully …
Mar 05 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester is now able to confirm the route and speakers for Sunday’s rally and march against fracking, which we hope will be the largest yet seen in the UK. The rally will start at Piccadilly Gardens from 12PM. Speakers in Piccadiily Gardens will include: Ian Hodson – the Bakers Union – first …
Mar 04 2014
The Igas Share price fell on the London Stock Exchange as protests against their operation on Barton Moss continued. The price has dropped 24% from a high in January 2014. There has been no official comment from Igas on the delays to their operations caused by the daily ‘slow walks’ down Barton Moss lane, but …
Mar 03 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester has contacted Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd to ask if we can address the planned Independent Panel on policing at Barton Moss. FFGM has criticised the GMP for the level of aggression displayed by officers towards the Protectors and for the misuse of the law in arresting campaigners …
Feb 28 2014
The Northern Gas Gala got underway on 27th November 2013 with forty or so people picketing a small private road called Barton Moss Lane in Salford. The Lane is very much the edge of town. Next to Manchester City Airport, on one side is the Manchester, Salford and Stockport urban conglomeration. On the other it …
Feb 26 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester regrets that a police officer hurt his hand whilst removing campaigners from a lock-on on Barton Moss Lane yesterday. The individuals involved are from outside of Greater Manchester and not known to us. The lock-on apparatus appears to have been constructed to as to make it difficult to remove and thereby …
Feb 25 2014
Frack Free Greater Manchester announced a rally and march against fracking, assembling in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens from 12PM on Sunday 9th March 2014 with the march to start at 12:45PM. The route of the planned march and a list of speakers will be announced nearer to the time. With the protest camp at Barton Moss …
Feb 20 2014
Supporters of the camp at Barton Moss are expected at the site at 9AM tomorrow, Friday 21st February, to support the Protection Camp. Peel Holdings, who own the land the camp is on as well as the land used by Igas for their test drilling site, are due in court to start eviction proceedings. The …
Feb 17 2014
Anti-fracking activists from across the Northwest joined the camp at Barton Moss today in response to the violent, and possible illegal, actions of Greater Manchester Police. The Barton Moss Protectors have been obstructing work by Igas daily since November 2013, primarily by the daily ‘slow walks’ in front of their vehicles as they make their …
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