Security staff violently try to prevent climate protectors to lock-on and block the gates at Quadrilla's fracking site in Lancashire.
Security staff violently try to prevent climate protectors to lock-on at the gates to Quadrilla drill site. The activists was pinned to the ground in the middle of the Preston New Road in the rain. 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 the Preston New 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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Location: Preston New Road, Blackpool, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Kristian Buus / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: activism, anti-fracking, change, climate, environment, fracking, lancashire, lock-, painful, power, preston, protector, protectors, quadrilla, reclaim, restrained, road, security, staff, subdued, violence
