Barton Moss: anti-fracking protest camp, Salford

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Day 5: Sun 1st December

Day 5 of the North­ern Gas Gala sees the Bar­ton Moss Pro­tec­tion Camp con­tin­ue to grow.  A call out has been made by trade unions and local res­i­dents for a protest next Sun­day 8th Decem­ber (face­book event here).

Bar­ton Moss Protest Ral­ly - Sun­day 8th Decem­ber 2013. Assem­ble 12.30pm at Junc­tion Bar­ton Moss Road/Liverpool Road, Bar­ton, Eccles M30 7RL

Sup­port the Bar­ton Moss Pro­tec­tion Camp!  Sup­port the fight to stop frack­ing every­where!

Bring your own plac­ards and ban­ners.

Day 4: Sat 30th November

The com­mu­ni­ty pro­tec­tion camp out­side IGas’s frack­ing site at Bar­ton Moss con­tin­ues to estab­lish itself with com­post toi­lets being built. Their was also a Mad Frack­ers Tea Par­ty and an impres­sive sun­set. The local com­mu­ni­ty is resist­ing the threat to their region with sup­port from across the coun­try.

 

Day 1: Wed 27th November

The first day of the North­ern Gas Gala has seen a large num­ber of peo­ple answer the call out to pro­tect Bar­ton Moss (and the wider region) from the threat of posed by IGas’s plans. The brave Bar­ton Moss pro­tec­tors have been block­ing lor­ries from enter­ing the frack­ing site and four peo­ple (three of them Sal­ford res­i­dents) have been arrest­ed for pro­tect­ing their com­mu­ni­ty from frack­ing com­pa­ny IGas Ener­gy. The police pres­ence has been large and grow­ing.

The Inde­pen­dent: Bar­ton Moss: The lat­est front line in Britain’s uncon­ven­tion­al ener­gy rev­o­lu­tion against frack­ing

ITV news footage here: http://vimeo.com/80480970

BBC News footage here: