Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
18th June 2012, 13:38
Possibly posted in wrong place, maybe belongs in Politics.
Anyway, watched the Gaslanddocumentary a while back and was pretty shocked by the results of fracking on the people living nearby.
Twenty protesters who oppose the controversial fracking method of natural gas extraction are blockading a drilling rig in Derbyshire.
The group Frack Off says it wants to prevent the rig moving from storage to a frack site in Lancashire.
Four of the protesters have reportedly locked themselves by their necks to gates, to prevent the gates being opened.
PR Marriott, which owns the Derbyshire site, was not available for comment.
Joe Reid, 22, one of the protesters who have locked themselves to the gates, claimed "corporate greed" was being prioritised "over the interests of people and eco-systems while pretending to care about them".
The demonstrators said they have been on the site in Danesmoor, near Chesterfield, since 04:45 BST.
Derbyshire Constabulary said officers are monitoring the protesters after a member of staff at the firm called them at 05:20 BST
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18482947)
Anyway, watched the Gaslanddocumentary a while back and was pretty shocked by the results of fracking on the people living nearby.
Twenty protesters who oppose the controversial fracking method of natural gas extraction are blockading a drilling rig in Derbyshire.
The group Frack Off says it wants to prevent the rig moving from storage to a frack site in Lancashire.
Four of the protesters have reportedly locked themselves by their necks to gates, to prevent the gates being opened.
PR Marriott, which owns the Derbyshire site, was not available for comment.
Joe Reid, 22, one of the protesters who have locked themselves to the gates, claimed "corporate greed" was being prioritised "over the interests of people and eco-systems while pretending to care about them".
The demonstrators said they have been on the site in Danesmoor, near Chesterfield, since 04:45 BST.
Derbyshire Constabulary said officers are monitoring the protesters after a member of staff at the firm called them at 05:20 BST
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18482947)