Four people from Lancaster [1] have this morning blocked the entrance to Cuadrilla’s controversial fracking site on Preston New Road near Blackpool and intend to remain there as long as possible.
The protesters are locked inside cars and their arms are secured within concrete and metal tubes meaning they cant be moved easily as this would result in them being significantly injured.
Maya Watts, one of the people who has closed down the fracking site this morning, said they want to: “Stop the fracking industry before it really gets started, as it will be hazardous to health, awful for agriculture and terrible for tourism. [3] It will be all pain and no gain for us, as research shows us that fracking provides hardly any jobs for local people”. [2]
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[1] The protesters are from Lancaster and are one of the 300 independent, autonomous groups campaigning against fracking in the U.K
[2] http://frack-off.org.uk/campaign-materials/science-and-data/
[3] http://frack-off.org.uk/cuadrillas-big-gas-results-the-devil-in-the-details/
[4] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/mar/13/fracking-cuadrilla-halts-operations-lancashire