Today, hundreds of people - including many Salford `veterans' of last year's Barton Moss protests - are expected to converge on Preston to demonstrate opposition to fracking as Lancashire County Council votes on plans by Cuadrilla to frack two sites on the Fylde coast...
...And today, a joint statement has been released by eight Greater Manchester MPs, including Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) and Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles) calling for a halt to fracking...
"We have serious concerns about the risks that fracking poses to people's health and the environment" they explain "We believe that no fracking should take place until the health and climate impacts have been properly assessed. We therefore call for any fracking applications to be withdrawn or refused planning permission."
The MPs join 850 elected officials from New York State, medical charity Medact, chemicals charity CHEM Trust, over 300 Lancashire businesses and over 90,000 people from across the UK who have also called on councillors in Lancashire to reject the applications.
"We're delighted that MPs from across Greater Manchester have joined the growing call to put fracking on hold" says Ali Abbas, coordinator of Manchester Friends of the Earth "Fracking isn't just a threat to people's health and the local environment, it also undermines action on climate change. We urge councillors to protect residents and the environment by rejecting Cuadrilla's plans to frack in Lancashire."
Meanwhile, the contamination at Barton Moss from IGas activities last year has still not been aired fully in court...
* See previous Salford Star article for further Barton Moss details – click here
* Read Rebecca Long-Bailey on fracking in her Salford Star interview - click here
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
(3).jpeg)
.png)
(1).JPG)
