Frack Off

  1. Protests in the United Kingdom
  2. Hydraulic fracturing
  3. Oil shale technology


Frack Off
Founded 2011
Location British Isles
Origins Brighton, England
Focus Environmental protection
Method Direct action
Website http://frack-off.org.uk

Frack Off is a grassroots direct action campaign aimed at stopping the spread of Extreme Energy methods such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and raising awareness of the wider ecological problems we face. The campaign consist of a network of loosely affiliated groups in the UK which emerged out of the Camp for Climate Action after it disbanded in 2011. Frack Off is based around the website www.frack-off.org which was launched with a banner drop from Blackpool Tower on 6th August 2011[1].

The banner drop achieved national press coverage and a good response on twitter. Frack Off then became one of the foremost groups campaigning against fracking in the UK[2].

On 2nd November the Frack Off activists stormed Cuadrilla Resources drilling site at Banks in Lancashire at 5:30am and 4 activists scaled the drilling rig and dropped banners. The action was timed to coincide with an industry conference, the Shale Gas Environmental Summit, in London and the release of a report by Cuadrilla Resources admitting that their fracking operations in Lancashire had cause several earthquakes [3].

Frack Off jointly organised "Camp Frack" with Campaign against Climate Change[4]. The camp was a weekend event with anti-fracking activists from around the UK coming together with local people from around Lancashire where test drilling for fracking is most advanced in the UK.

Camp Frack was attended by around 150 people and consisted of workshops around education, sustainable living, movement building and direct action[2]. The Camp culminated in a march to the drilling site where Cuadrilla Resources are currently drilling for shale gas[5].

See Also

Fracking

References

  1. ↑ "BBC News - Anti-fracking protesters target Blackpool Tower". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-08-06. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14431512. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Melley, James (2011-09-28). "BBC News - New groups protest at shale gas". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15021328. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Fracking protesters storm shale gas exploration site". guardian.co.uk. 2011-11-02. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/02/fracking-protesters-storm-shale-gas-site. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Camp Frack | Campaign against Climate Change". Campaigncc.org. http://www.campaigncc.org/campfrack. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  5. ↑ UK. "Fracking hell - New Internationalist". Newint.org. http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2011/09/19/nick-harvey-fracking-protest/. Retrieved 2012-03-04.

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