Saturday26th January

URGENT CALL TO ACTION FRACKING D-DAY

On Monday 26th January, UK MPs will, for the FIRST TIME EVER VOTE on #fracking in
the UK, via the #InfrastructureBill. We need 50% of MPs to support the amendments to
stop fracking.
HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1)

TWITTER
Please Tweet all over the weekend and Monday 26 th January
Sample tweets & instructions here: http://bit.ly/1JlmMX0
Search for #binthebill (here) and retweet. Also follow Twitter account @binthebill

2)

EMAIL
Please email your MP over the weekend
For ease: http://www.foe.co.uk/act/fracking-ask-your-mp-vote-no BUT much
better in your own words.
AND
Email them direct: www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/
(Template emails at end of bit.ly/1tmcfDy)
Email through: www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/
(Template emails at end of bit.ly/1tmcfDy)

3)

SMS
Send an SMS to the Greenpeace petition: Text "FRACKNO" & YOUR NAME to

60777
4)

VOTE
In this House of Commons Poll, you have to register first and then check your
email to activate the registration. It's a brief fiddle, but worth approaching from
all angles: www.notemyvote.co.uk/polls

5)

TAKE A PICTURE
Take a snap of you and/or your friends holding LARGE letter signs saying
"#BinTheBill" with your MP's name (instructions here on.fb.me/1BFKTR6)

Send it to your MP by email

Send it your MP by Twitter (using #BinTheBill & #InfrastructureBill) tweetminster.co.uk
Post it on your Facebook timeline and to this FB page
www.facebook.com/events/1600082293548677/

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6)

Send to your local press too: www.localmediauk.org with this press release
(after you have customised it): tinyurl.com/lzqtck8

SIGN
The NGOs are still heavily pushing their petitions:

secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/mps-vote-against-fracking
secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/stop-fracking-law
www.foe.co.uk/act/ask-mps-stop-companies-fracking-under-homes-withoutpermission
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-fracking-cover-up-by-defra
www.foe.co.uk/act/petition-stop-fracking-in-lancashire
www.foe.co.uk/act/ask-cameron-say-no-fracking

Petition from politicians

7)

my.greenparty.org.uk/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=3!
www.tessamunt.org.uk/anti_fracking_petition

CALL ON MONDAY 26th JANUARY

Call your MPs Monday morning and urge them to turn up on Monday and vote in
support of the amendments that Caroline Lucas and other MPs have tabled (see
below):
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/

8)

PROTEST ON 26TH JANUARY

Attend the Anti-fracking Rally at Parliament, London on 26th January.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/events/fracking-protest-in-london
www.facebook.com/events/852190274843335

--THE AMENDMENTS
Urge your MP to support amendments below and let them know we will watching how
they vote on Monday and that will influence how WE vote in May.
1) Support the removal of fracking-related clauses from the Bill
2) Support clauses calling for a moratorium and a ban
Two Sussex MPs - Caroline Lucas (Green) and Norman Baker (Lib Dem) - have tabled
amendments which propose to:
- remove Clause 37 - to ensure that it does not become a legally binding obligation for
the UK to extract as much UK oil & gas as financially possible.

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- remove Clauses 39-44 - to ensure that the trespass laws are not changed to allow
drilling & dumping of "any substance" under our land without our consent.
More recent (cross-party) amendments tabled on January 20 & 21 propose to:
- introduce a new clause (NC9) calling for a moratorium (likely to gain the most
traction)
Plus an addition to Clause 37 also calling for a moratorium. Read the amendments here.
- insert an addition to Clause 39 of sections 5A to 5C - to prohibit fracking (if the clause
is not removed altogether). Read the amendment here.

Read about all of these amendments in detail on the Drill or Drop website.

REFERENCE:
Definitive guide to the Infrastructure Bill: bit.ly/1zwCpuT
Bin The Bill Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1600082293548677/
Infrastructure Bill Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/infrastructurebill
Latest version of the Bill: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/20142015/0154/cbill_2014-20150154_en_1.htm
ALL amendments that have just been tabled/re-tabled by MPs this week, so far:
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/20142015/0154/amend/pbc1542201a.1437-1443.html

Thank you