Guardian: Around 10 protesters from Greenpeace have erected a mock drilling rig outside Lancashire council hall, in protest at plans by energy company Cuadrilla to resume fracking in the county this autumn.
The action follows a similar stunt by the green group in March, when it set up a rig in the Cheshire constituency of the chancellor, George Osborne, who has been one of the most vocal backers of fracking for shale gas.
Liz Stanton, a Preston resident and Greenpeace supporter, told the Guardian that......
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United Kingdom: Greenpeace protesters ‘frack’ Lancashire council hall
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 4th, 2013
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