In an attempt to gloss over the child health issues surrounding fracking, INEOS have sponsored The Daily Mile campaign, which encourages schools to get their pupils to run a mile every day. The primary school at Copmanthorpe are believed to…Continue Reading →
Please see this update for information about Frack Free York & Villages.
The Tour de Yorkshire is coming soon and on Friday 28 April we will join Frack Free Ryedale and the Kirby Misperton Protection Camp to line the route and show that while we welcome cyclists to Yorkshire we don’t welcome…Continue Reading →
This post is part of a series about oil and gas industry responses (pdf) to the consultation on the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan (JMWP) for North Yorkshire which was held last year. The previous post on the prospect of…Continue Reading →
Frack Free York will joining Global Justice Now Youth Network for their protest against Barclays unethical investments, which include a 97% stake in Third Energy, the company that has planning permission to frack in Kirby Misperton. The protest, which is…Continue Reading →
Last year we took part in the consultation on the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan. The Joint Minerals and Waste Plan is the document that is being produced to govern minerals and waste development, including oil and gas drilling and…Continue Reading →
Drax, which is the largest coal power station in Britain and the largest biomass power station in the world are holding their AGM in The Royal Hotel in York on Thursday 13 April. We will join Coal Action Network and…Continue Reading →
Frack Free York will be hosting a night of music at The Fulford Arms (YO10 4EX) this Friday, with music by Snakerattlers, Flora Grey Steel and Pewter City Steel. Tickets cost £4 on the door and the funds raised will…Continue Reading →
York Central MP, Rachael Maskell visited the Kirby Misperton Protection Camp on Saturday, making clear her support for the campaign against fracking. The camp was established in December 2016 in response to Third Energy’s plans to frack a shale gas…Continue Reading →
The Frack Free York AGM will be held on 22 March at Ye Olde Starre Inne on Stonegate (YO1 8AS). Frack Free York will be there from 7.00pm and the AGM will start at 7.30pm. The AGM is open to…Continue Reading →