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Climate activism

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$Anti-fracking climate activists from Reclaim the Power blocking a gate to Leapers Wood quarry, March 27th 2017 near Lancaster, United Kingdom. The quarry is owned by Tarmac, a crh pompany which supposedly is supplying aggregates to the building of fracking sites in Lancashire. The blockad, done by one woman in a swing, is causing huge disruption and is part of the groups targeting of companies supplying to the fracking industry. The blockade is the first of an announced run of direct actions called Break the Chain, tageting the supply chain of the fracking industry.$

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$A group of grandparents and elders have chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose “dangerous” fracking June 13th 2018, Central London, United Kingdom.<br /> Philip Kingston, 80. " It is so important the government takes climate change seriously and they are not doing it".<br /> <br /> Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West - Grandparents for a Safe Earth (GFASE) - have occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark refuse permission for fracking.$

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$Anti-fracking activists and protesters outside the gates of Quadrilla's fracking site June 31st, Lancashire, United Kingdom. As a truck with equipment arrives police move in to clear the road. The struggle against fracking in Lancashire has been going on for years. The fracking company Quadrilla is finally ready to bring in a drill tower to start drilling and anti-frackinhg activists are waiting in front of the gates to block the equipment getting in.$

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$Anti-fracking activists by the gates to Quadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$Anne Powers, 85 years old. She lives nearby but sleeps often in her car to stay close. Anti-fracking activists by the gates to Quadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter, Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br /> Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Councillor Gina Dowding and Barbara Cookson. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter, Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br /> Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. A defiant councillor Mirand Cox.The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter, Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br /> Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Police escorting a Quadrilla delivery to the site. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter, Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br /> Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. An exhausted Alana McCullogh has released herself from her armlock after 15 hours and is looked after by a friend. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter, Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br /> Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

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$Day two of the Rolling Resistance, Preston New Road, Lancashire. Security violently try to prevent climate protectors to lock-on at the gates to Quadrilla drill site. One activists was restrained by the site manager using pressure points to the neck and throat and put in a neck lock by security staff on the road outside Quadrilla's property. Two activists managed to lock themselves down and block the gates. A lock-on, where two or more lock themselves together inside a re-inforced tube is used as a peaceful non-violent way of blocking the gates.to the site.The New Preston Road Quadrilla site is almost ready to start drilling for shale gas after many delays caused by local objections. Lancashire County council voted against fracking but the conservative central government forced it through.$

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$Up to a hundred women from the Lancashire anti-fracking movement dressed as suffragettes congregate in Parliament Square and pay the Dep For Energy, Business and Industrial Strategy a visit, London, Unted Kingdom, September 12 2018$

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$Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$Morning yoga and meditation by the gates. 20-30 people slept on the road and are slowly waking up. Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.) Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$As part of the Block Around the Clock actvisist took to the Blackpool sea front. Many of the Knitting Nanas dressed up as suffragettes to celebrate the 100th aniversay of women's right to vote and the march/parade made a great spectacle on the sea front. Block Around the Clock - fourty eight hours of party, work shops, yoga, sleeping and anti-fracking campaigning in front of the gates to Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. The Cuadrilla site in Lancashire in a highly contested site, almost ready to extract gas. Block Around the Clock is part of a nationwide campaign to prevent fracking in Lancashire and across the England ( fracking is either banned or put on hold in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.)$

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$Greenpeace with their own mock fracking rig in Parliament Sqaure, Central London. Greenpeace wants to highlight that fracking is a highly polluting and destructive way of extracting gas and to push for increased awareness of this, they set up their own rig outside Parliament without prior permission.$

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