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In October, the UK Government gave shale gas fracking company Cuadrilla the go ahead to frack Little Plumpton on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, despite Lancashire County Council having refused permission for this development. Our dedicated legal team brought a challenge in the High Court to hold the Government to account for failing to protect its citizens from the health impacts and the untold damage fracking will cause to our environment and climate.   

Unfortunately, the Judge in the High Court rejected our challenge and issued a judgment that implies that the Government can ignore the climate impacts of burning shale gas – a decision that could have dramatic consequences for our countryside and our climate.  Work has already started at the site, so we don’t have long to act! 

The Court of Appeal has now granted us the right to appeal the High Court judge's decision on the basis that we have sufficient prospects of success and that this is an issue of general public importance.   

We ask all who want to bring an end to fracking to support our further crowdfunding campaign so that we can continue the fight to protect our environment and our children’s futures.  In order to cover the costs of this appeal, we need to raise at least £5,000.  Please donate £25 (or whatever you can afford) now to help with the appeal! 

The case has wide implications and is challenging the Government’s contradictory approach to climate change. It will also seek to ensure that a precautionary approach to fracking is taken and that the concerns and risks of shale gas extraction are properly taken into account, rather than allowing the Government to simply assume that all is safe and well. By doing so, the case should take us one step closer to providing everyone in the country with greater protection - not only from fracking but also coal bed methane, underground coal gasification and matrix acidation.

After many years of meetings, statements and positive action by communities and concerned groups, a groundswell of opposition is building momentum with the aim of seeking a ban on fracking in England as there is in Scotland and Wales and many other 

European countries (including the Republic of Ireland, who banned fracking earlier this year). The Green Party and the Liberal Democrats are opposed to fracking. The Labour Party has also come out and stated that they are opposed to fracking and would ban it if they win the next election. In addition there is evidence of the dangers of fracking in over 800 peer-reviewed reports and studies and many members of the medical profession are aware of its impact on health and are also opposed to fracking. 

Anti-fracking campaigners have been working tirelessly to fight against this. Personally, it has cost me everything to be fighting against climate change and for democracy and our human rights. Our efforts have helped to raise awareness so far but it is now time to persuade the Courts that this Government’s approach to fracking is simply wrong. 

Please support our appeal and our challenge against the Government’s approach and its decision to grant Cuadrilla planning permission to frack in Lancashire.