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Cuadrilla fracking protest camp set up in Little Plumpton | Cuadrilla fracking protest camp set up in Little Plumpton |
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Anti-fracking campaigners have set up a protest camp on a field near a proposed drilling site in Lancashire. | Anti-fracking campaigners have set up a protest camp on a field near a proposed drilling site in Lancashire. |
About 100 members of Reclaim the Power are on the site in Little Plumpton near Blackpool to "support community resistance to fracking". | |
Cuadrilla has applied to the county council to hydraulically fracture for shale gas at the Preston New Road site and also at its Roseacre site. | Cuadrilla has applied to the county council to hydraulically fracture for shale gas at the Preston New Road site and also at its Roseacre site. |
The energy firm said the landowner was taking legal action over trespassing. | The energy firm said the landowner was taking legal action over trespassing. |
'No justification' | 'No justification' |
Reclaim the Power has joined a small group of mothers and grandmothers who moved on to the land last week. | Reclaim the Power has joined a small group of mothers and grandmothers who moved on to the land last week. |
In August last year, Cuadrilla suspended its drilling in Balcombe, West Sussex after the group set up a camp there. | In August last year, Cuadrilla suspended its drilling in Balcombe, West Sussex after the group set up a camp there. |
Reclaim the Power said it was "responding to a call for support from Lancashire residents who are taking action against fracking". | Reclaim the Power said it was "responding to a call for support from Lancashire residents who are taking action against fracking". |
The group's Hannah Jones said: "We cannot afford drilling for any new fossil fuels if our children are to have a chance for a safe climate and sustainable future. | The group's Hannah Jones said: "We cannot afford drilling for any new fossil fuels if our children are to have a chance for a safe climate and sustainable future. |
"Gas will only make the climate more unstable, energy companies richer and the rest of us poorer. We need affordable, democratically controlled, renewable energy." | "Gas will only make the climate more unstable, energy companies richer and the rest of us poorer. We need affordable, democratically controlled, renewable energy." |
Cuadrilla said: "Following Thursday's trespass on a local farmer's field which is separate from our proposed exploration site on Preston New Road, the landowner instructed lawyers to commence legal proceedings to recover possession of his land." | Cuadrilla said: "Following Thursday's trespass on a local farmer's field which is separate from our proposed exploration site on Preston New Road, the landowner instructed lawyers to commence legal proceedings to recover possession of his land." |
It said Lancashire County Council's consultations over its planning applications would be "a thorough, transparent and democratic process which gives people ample opportunity to make their views known to the decision-makers in the county council". | It said Lancashire County Council's consultations over its planning applications would be "a thorough, transparent and democratic process which gives people ample opportunity to make their views known to the decision-makers in the county council". |
It added there was "no justification" for the occupation of the farmland. | It added there was "no justification" for the occupation of the farmland. |
The landowner did not want to comment to the BBC on the protest. | The landowner did not want to comment to the BBC on the protest. |
The National Farmers' Union said trespassing on farmland was a "nuisance" to the farmer, who was "an innocent bystander", was potentially dangerous to cattle and "cannot be condoned under any circumstances". |
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