On Tuesday 19 August, we joined forces our friends from  Action For Rail,  Bring Back British Rail, We Own It,  the Campaign against Climate Change and the new All on Board campaign to protest against rail price increases increases in the New Year. Hence about 15 of us handed out leaflets at Derby railway station, and the same thing happened at more that 60 stations. Our protest was shown on BBC Midlands TV, and Nadine Rae, from the railway union the TSSA, was interviewed.

We also displayed the above A2 poster which has been produced by the TSSA in conjunction with the Campaign against Climate Change. 

The message, as you can see, is that in order to combat global warming  it is necessary to invest in railways.  85% of global CO₂ transport emissions  come from cars, planes and trucks.  Planes produce eight to eleven times the CO₂ of high speed rail and lorries emit about six times more CO₂ than trains for every ton carried. Radical improvement to the rail services are required if we are going to replace air and road travel.

Copies of this poster are available; all you have to do is email us.

From the dangers of fracking to the devastating effects of tar sands extraction, this guide brings together everything you need to know about unconventional fossil fuels in one place for the first time.

We have spent about 6 months in Derby talking about the Council taking a stand against fracking. To cut a long story short a heavily modified motion was passed at the Council meeting on the 11^th of June; see this link to one of the bits that appeared in the local paper: ‘Fracking impact to be subject of probe’

There’s a great climate change and eco fest event taking place at Cromford Mills at Thursday, 1 May, 2014 to Sunday, 4 May.  There is a question time panel evening on Thursday May 1^st, chaired by award-winning environmental journalist, Fred Pearce. Two different internationally known climate experts giving talks on climate change issues on each of the next three nights, with a schools and family day, as well as a Transition Café on Saturday May 3rd.

Please note that because of limited space, tickets for Question Time and the talks will be on a ‘first come first served’ basis from Cromford Mills – See http://cromfordmills.org.uk/content/warm-wet-and-windy-2014 for further details and you can book there or  phone: (01629 825995) .

Derby Campaign against Climate Change has produced, in conjunction with the Campaign against Climate Change, a leaflet on fracking. This was distributed at a very well attended meeting (more than 55 people) organised by Wirksworth Transition. Brain Davey gave a terrific presentation, which you can download as a PDF

Unconventional gas exploration is going ahead in Bassetlaw; the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, in the next few months.

Dart Energy have a planning permit to explore and take core samples from various coal seams under land adjacent to the Danes Hill Energy Park near Sutton cum Lound, north of Retford. It is alarmingly near to wetlands and an RSPB centre. Construction work on site has already commenced

The core will be analysed to determine gas flow rate. This will inform Dart of each seam’s flow rate across the entire coalfield. Coal Bed methane extraction will follow requiring, we assume, many many wells.

Frack Free Nottinghamshire and Frack Free South Yorkshire and are supporting on Saturday 8th March. Meeting at 10am on Carolgate in Retford, and there will be banners, a table, flyers, petitions, etc.

“Public meeting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19th March at The Well, Hospital Road, Retford.”

Here is the leaflet: ffn-bassetlaw meeting flyer final

If you are interested in helping contact frackfreenotts@gmail.com

Websites are www.http://frackfreenotts.org.uk and www.frackfreesouthyorkshire.co.uk