Barton Moss fracking protest continue

Day 17: Fri 13th December

A big day of resis­tance from the Bar­ton Moss Pro­tec­tion Camp against IGas’ drilling plans.  Around 12 drilling trucks were delayed enter­ing the site for 2 hours under a heavy police escort.  Three peo­ple were arrest­ed, includ­ing a preg­nant women and elder­ly lady.  Police were wide­ly con­demned on social media for their hea

Day 17: Fri 13th December

A big day of resis­tance from the Bar­ton Moss Pro­tec­tion Camp against IGas’ drilling plans.  Around 12 drilling trucks were delayed enter­ing the site for 2 hours under a heavy police escort.  Three peo­ple were arrest­ed, includ­ing a preg­nant women and elder­ly lady.  Police were wide­ly con­demned on social media for their heavy hand­ed­ness.  A dis­abled man suf­fered a bro­ken knee after being thrown into the hedgerow by police.

Many trucks also left the site the same after­noon, tak­ing a lot of equip­ment with them.  It is believed that IGas are prepar­ing for their next stage of explorato­ry drilling.

Fri­day 13th Decem­ber marks a year since the gov­ern­ment lift­ed the mora­to­ri­um on frack­ing but we’ve still had no frack­ing this year thanks to the amaz­ing and inspir­ing com­mu­ni­ty cam­paigns around the coun­try.

 

Pho­tos at http://northerngasgala.org.uk/ along with news from oth­er days