[frackoff-announce] Fwd: Urgent Callout For Tomorrow: Help Stop Fracking In Sussex!

[kim t]

I'm sure everyone's seen all the news coverage, but for some reason, the
post I sent Friday didn't go through to list, hope this one does!

DAY 5 at the protest camp, with lorries arriving again. On Friday &
Saturday a cortege of police slow-walked the lorry loads of destruction
like a funeral march.  Oh, it is a funeral march......
Footage of one delivery today  - http://bambuser.com/v/3777296

 The camp is going well, with a really diverse mix of folk supporting  -
the update from the village a day ago was that  now around 90% are
anti-fracking.
https://twitter.com/Frack_Off
http://greatgasgala.org.uk/   (wish list on here if you are coming)
(http://frack-off.org.uk/latest-news-from-the-great-gas-gala/)

This will carry on, so come down if you can. Folk have arrived from
Bristol, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Norwich, Blackpool...and more.  Come at
the weekend, if you are busy in the week  - Cuadrilla are aware they are
getting behind with their toxic plans and have applied for an extension to
their license, which expires in September.  Let's not take the spotlight
off them.

K

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: The Great Gas Gala! <info at greatgasgala.org.uk>
> Date: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:36 PM
> Subject: Urgent Callout For Tomorrow: Help Stop Fracking In Sussex!
> To: info at greatgasgala.org.uk
>
>
> Event: The Great Gas Gala! - Day 5
> Location: Lower Stumble, Balcombe, West Sussex
> Date: Mon 28th
> Time: As early as you can make it
>
> For the last 4 days the community in Balcombe, supported by people from
> across Sussex and further afield, has been fighting to stop fracking
> company Cuadrilla from drilling in their village. Tomorrow is Day 5 of the
> community blockade and Cuadrilla will be attempting to bring more drilling
> equipment into the site. Large numbers of people are essential to prevent
> them from doing so.
>
> Please come down and support the people of Balcombe, either tonight and
> stay over, or tomorrow morning as early as you can. If fracking is not
> nipped in the bud it will spread thousands of wells across Sussex and the
> rest the country. Confront the frackers now or one day they will be on
> your doorstep.
>
> People are needed both tonight and first thing tomorrow. If you haven’t
> made it down, now is your chance! Of course people are welcome throughout
> the day, and for as many days as it takes to protect our land, water and
> air from this insidious menace. Cuadrilla need constant truck movements
> through the community in order to drill.
>
> Day 4 of the Great Gas Gala was a super-chilled Sunday with more than 80
> people turning out for delicious food and sunshine. The camp is becoming
> more comfortable every minute and people are arriving from all over the UK
> to support residents of Balcombe, and fight to keep fracking out of
> Sussex.
>
> Practical Information
>
> See http://greatgasgala.org.uk/ for more details and directions to the
> site.
>
> Please bring essentials such as food, water, and appropriate clothing/sun
> protection. Picnics, cakes, friends, banners, games, music, instruments,
> knitting (yellow and black – gasfield free community colours!), blankets,
> chairs, tables, tents, cutlery/plates. You get the picture. Try to avoid
> bringing alcohol, drugs, anything which could be construed as a weapon,
> glass etc.
>
> Please try to bring something on the wishlist here to support the camp:
> http://greatgasgala.org.uk/what-to-bring/
>
> If you are going down this evening please bring a tarp if you can.
>
> Coming from Brighton? Jump on the FREE Frack Off bus at 7am tomorrow (Mon)
> morning at Old Steine bus stop (near RBS).
>
> Coming from the South West? Frack Free Somerset are committed to
> supporting with travel costs. Email info at frackfreesomerset.org
>
> For updates on what happened already see:
>
> * Updates From Great Gas Gala - Day 4
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/latest-news-from-the-great-gas-gala-day-4/)
> * Updates From Great Gas Gala - Day 3
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/latest-news-from-the-great-gas-gala-day-3/)
> * Updates From Great Gas Gala - Day 2
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/latest-news-from-great-gas-gala-day-2/)
> * Updates From Great Gas Gala - Day 1
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/latest-news-from-the-great-gas-gala/)
>
> Background information:
>
> Cuadrilla, who are mired in planning issues in Lancashire where their
> first test well triggered an earthquake, are seeking to open a second
> front in Sussex. Cuadrilla's planned test well at Balcombe would be just
> the beginning of a tidal wave of destruction, sweeping across the South
> East. The licence blocks held by Cuadrilla and Celtique Energie in Sussex
> could see thousands of wells drilled and fracked, plus associated
> pipelines, compressor stations and processing plants.
>
> Read these articles for more information:
>
> * Fracking In Balcombe: A Community Says No
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/fracking-in-balcombe-a-community-says-no/)
> * Fracking Sussex: The Threat Of Shale Oil & Gas
> (http://frack-off.org.uk/fracking-sussex-the-threat-of-shale-oil-gas/)
>
>
>
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