Seven years of protest: inside the fracking resistance - photo essay

Photographer Christopher Thomond has been documenting protests over fracking in the north of England since 2011After years of protest, hyperbole and delays, fracking has returned to the UK. After seeing off a last-minute legal challenge, shale gas firm Cuadrilla began fracking near Blackpool on Monday.The drive to extract gas from the rocks beneath the UK has catalysed the environmental movement in recent years, uniting concerned local residents and climate campaigners. Continue reading...