Ian R Crane, an ex-oil company executive with Schlumberger, is giving a series of ten talks on Fracking in North Yorkshire in October. The talks are entitled Is Fracking Safe? and during each talk he will be discussing the following topics:
What exactly is fracking?
Could it damage our health?
What impact could fracking have on our water supplies?
How might it affect village life?
Would it reduce our gas bills?
What could fracking mean for farmers and landowners?
Would fracking affect property prices?
What are people’s experiences of fracking in other countries?
What’s the current situation in Ryedale and North Yorkshire?
The locations, dates and venues are as follows:
HELMSLEY – WEDNESDAY 8th OCTOBER
Methodist Church, Ashdale Rd, Helmsley, YO62 5DD
KIRBY MISPERTON – THURSDAY 9th OCTOBER
Village Hall, High Row, Kirby Misperton, YO17 6XN
KIRKBYMOORSIDE – FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER
Quaker Meeting House, 79 West End, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6AD
YORK – SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER
Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET
MALTON – WEDNESDAY 15th OCTOBER
Milton Rooms, Market Place, Malton, YO17 7LX
GILLING EAST – THURSDAY 16th OCTOBER
Village Hall, Pottergate, Gilling East, YO62 4JJ
PICKERING – FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER
War Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, YO18 1AA
THORNTON LE DALE – SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER
Village Hall, Pickering Road, Thornton le Dale, YO18 7LG
SLINGSBY – TUESDAY 21st OCTOBER
Village Hall, Church Lane, Slingsby, YO62 4AD
SHERIFF HUTTON – WEDNESDAY 22nd OCTOBER
Village Hall, Finkle Street, Sheriff Hutton, YO60 6RA
All talks begin at 7.30. Doors open at 7.00.
There will also be a Q&A session at the end of each talk.
Refreshments will be available.
Entrance is free and everyone is welcome! Please come along and bring some friends!
You can download posters for the talks here: Is Fracking Safe A4 poster
Please print out a few and put them up in your workplace, no noticeboards and in local shops to help spread the word!