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$'Jig at the Rig', a festive protest at the gates of the drilling company Cuadrilla's fracking site in New Preston Road, Lancashire. Cuadrilla started drilling for shale gas late 2017 but protest against the drilling has been going on for years. Lancshire council voted against giving permission to dril for gas but was over ruled by the UK Government and protesters have been at the gates since early 2017.$

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