The Guardian: Protesters attempt to set up coalition against fracking

The biggest meeting on the issue of fracking for shale gas to be held in the UK will take place in Manchester on Saturday in an attempt to set up a broad nationwide coalition to stop the controversial practice.

Protest groups have been set up in areas currently affected by shale gas exploration activities or likely to be the sites of fracking in future.

But anti-fracking campaigners want to step up the pace of their protests as support for shale gas grows rapidly in some political circles.  MORE