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- Plans for biggest onshore windfarm in England to be submitted this week Tue, 5 Nov 24, 5:00pmCubico project at Scout Moor near Greater Manchester could power the equivalent of 100,000 homes
- Climate emission killer: construction begins on world’s biggest liquid air battery Thu, 18 Jun 20, 5:45pmExclusive: project will store renewable energy and reduce climate-heating emissions
- Manchester Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to banks Tue, 3 Sep 19, 3:08amBarclays and HSBC targeted on final day of protests against fossil fuel investments
- UK’s rail network suffering from lack of joined-up thinking | Letters Tue, 25 Jul 17, 4:23amReaders respond to news of scrapped rail electrification plans and the folly of HS2The transport secretary’s announcement (Fury as soaring cost halts electrification, 21 July) is disastrous for the UK – on economic,...
- Police 'used sexualised violence against fracking protesters' Wed, 24 Feb 16, 3:27amCampaigners at Barton Moss in Salford tell researchers they were groped and threatened by Greater Manchester officers
- Anti-fracking protests fail to halt interest in shale gas Mon, 13 Jan 14, 8:50amOther energy giants seem likely to follow in footsteps of Total, the first big oil company to invest in Britain's shale sectorHundreds of protesters were making their presence felt again at a fracking site in Barton Moss,...
- Salford anti-fracking camp enjoys local support Fri, 27 Dec 13, 5:20amMince pies and Christmas lunch as residents join protesters in Barton Moss to fight against 'environmental disaster'As the wind felled trees, flooded homes and cancelled ferries this week, much of the nation needed little...
- Anti-fracking protesters clash with police at drilling site near Manchester Sat, 14 Dec 13, 7:37amScuffles break out at IGas Barton Moss site as application is made for new well in South Downs national park Anti-fracking protesters clashed with police on Friday in demonstrations against shale gas drilling in Greater Manchester...
- Four arrested for blocking lorry on way to Salford methane test-drilling site Thu, 28 Nov 13, 6:44amThree men and a woman held by police among several dozen anti-fracking protesters attempting to stop delivery of drillFour anti-fracking protesters have been arrested as they tried to stop a lorry delivering machinery to...
- IGas to drill two shale gas wells between Manchester and Liverpool Sat, 27 Apr 13, 2:36amCanadian and Chinese-owned firm also considers Surrey and Sussex locations, but discounts use of fracking at this stageIGas, partly owned by a Chinese state company, is planning to drill two wells between Manchester and Liverpool...