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Lancashire Responds event today following the decision by the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to approve fracking at Preston New Road near Blackpool. Plus 25 more events this week about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry including film screenings, Q+As, training, information meetings, conference and petition presentation.

Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of October and later in the year here

Saturday 8 October 2016

Lancashire Responds. Event to mark government decision on Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking applications. 10am-7pm, Maple Farm forecourt, Preston New Road, Lancashire (between Blackpool & Preston – alongside World of Water), PR4 3PE Details

Woolston and Thelwall Antifracking and CBM Camp – solidarity and family fun weekend, off junction 21 M6, Manchester Road, Warrington, WA3 6DR. Details

Frack Free Doncaster information stall at We Shall Overcome anti-austerity weekend, 2pm-7pm, Hallcross, 33-34 Hallgate, Doncaster DN1 3NL. Details

Sunday 9 October 2016

Draw a line in the sand. No drilling, no fracking, no underground coal gasification in Scotland. Event by The Broad Alliance four days before the SNP conference. 2pm, Portobello Beach, bottom of Bath Street, Edinburgh EH15 1HB. Details

Woolston and Thelwall Antifracking and CBM Camp – solidarity and family fun weekend, off junction 21 M6, Manchester Road, Warrington, WA3 6DR. Details

Monday 10 October 2016

Surrey Against Fracking petition heard by Surrey County Council, 10:30am, Committee Room C, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2DN. Details

Frack Free Dearne Valley meeting, 4.30pm, West Melton United Reform Church, Melton High Street, Wath-upon-Dearne S63 6RG. Details

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour with local groups to oppose fracking and coal industries to extract fossil fuels. , 7pm, Victoria Hotel, 28 Great George St, LS1 3DL. Details

Tuesday 11 October 2016

UK Shale Gas Summit, Manchester. Details

Manchester Shale Summit Rally: Anti-frackers of the World Unite. 10am-1pm, Station Approach Piccadilly, Manchester M60 7RA. Details

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour, direct Action Gets the Goods, UK Shale Gas Summit, Manchester, Details

Confirmed screening of How to let go of the world and love all the things climate can’t change, a new film by Josh Fox. 6pm, Odeon Panton Street, 11/18 Panton Street, London, SW1Y 4DP. Details and to reserve tickets

Wednesday 12 October 2016

UK Shale Gas Summit, Manchester. Details

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour, direct Action Gets the Goods, UK Shale Gas Summit, Manchester, Details

Meet the regulators event, with staff from the Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Oil and Gas Authority and Public Health England. 2pm-7pm, Christ Church Aughton, Long Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 5AS. Details

Confirmed screening of How to let go of the world and love all the things climate can’t change, a new film by Josh Fox. 5.30pm, Odeon Bristol, Union St, Avon, Bristol, BS1 2D. Details and to reserve tickets

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour with local groups to oppose fracking and coal industries to extract fossil fuels, 7pm, Madlab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN, Details

Panel discussion, Sheffield University students’ Anti-fracking Week. Details

Thursday 13th October 2016

Fracking: The Big Green Debate. Forest of Dean Green Party debate, including MEP Molly Scott Cato. 7.30pm-9pm, 3 Hill Street and Watney Hall, 3 Hill Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5HW. Details

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour with local groups to oppose fracking and coal industries to extract fossil fuels. , 6pm for food, 7pm for event start, SUMAC Centre, 245 Gladstone St, Forest Fields, NG7 6HX, Details

Friday 14 October 2016

Are We Going to be Fracked? event by Frack Free South Yorkshire , 7pm, Wadworth Parish Council, Wadworth Village Hall, Old School Lane, Wadworth, Doncaster, DN11 9BW [To be confirmed]. Details

Q and A with Josh Fox, director of Gasland and How to let go of the world and love all the things climate can’t change,  6pm, The Station Tavern, Lytham FY8 5PA

Confirmed screening for How to let go of the world and love all the things climate can’t change, a new film by Josh Fox. 9pm, ODEON Blackpool, 96 Rigby Road, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 5EP Details and to reserve tickets

Saturday 15 October 2016

Frack Free Yeovil Buskers’ Bash: frack free music and entertainment, petitions and information. 11am-2pm, near Coffee #1, 17 Middle Street, Yeovil BA20 1LF. Details

Voices on the wind – a World Wide Ritual by Pagans United Against Fracking. Details

Sunday 16 October 2016

Meeting and skill sharing for a frack free Weald. Workshops include know your rights, media, campaigning skills, planning applications.  10.15am-4pm, Park Barn, North Street, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1RL. Details

Reclaim the Power Keeping it in the Ground mobilisation tour with local groups to oppose fracking and coal industries to extract fossil fuels, 5pm-8pm, Mystery Tea House, 23 Cannon Street, Preston, PR1 3NR, Details

Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of October and later in the year here