Anti-fracking protestors block the
entrance to the Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire. Photo: Greenpeace
ITV
News
3 May 2017
Anti-fracking campaigners are staging a second day of
protests outside a shale gas exploration site in Lancashire.
Protesters brought traffic to a standstill yesterday
as they staged a human chain demonstration across a road to show their
opposition to fracking.
Lancashire Police had to be called out to the site on
Preston New Road and the fracking company Cuadrilla described the action as
'utterly selfish and attention seeking'.
Anti-fracking protestors at the
Preston New Road in Lancashire Credit: Greenpeace
Hannah Martin, Head of Energy at Greenpeace UK, said:
“Greenpeace is standing with the
people of Lancashire against the industrialisation of the countryside for shale
gas we don’t need. Lancashire said No to fracking, but the government overruled
the democratic process and gave Cuadrilla the go ahead to frack for gas.
Peaceful protest has caused months of delays and, since beginning work in
January, this fracking firm has only really created a muddy field. But if the
drill goes in, it will create noise, air and light pollution."
– HANNAH MARTIN
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