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$A sign put up by anti-fracking activists near the entrance to Quadrillas drill site in New Preston Road, July 01 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Fracking produces highly toxic waste.The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla and part of an ongoing struggle where makeshift towers and makeshift camps have sprung up outside the premisses. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.$

$Kandy Mosset from Indeginous Enviromental Network speaks sorrounded by media and police. Kandy Mosset speaks about fracking in North Dakota. Activists stage a 'toxic tour' where they try to highlight various companies detrimental affects on the environment and local communities in spite of their green credentials at the Solutions 21 in the Grand Palais COP21 in Paris. COP21 in Paris. The official climate talks in Paris is on and the pressure to come up with a sustainable legally binding is high. In the aftermath of recent terrorist attacks public demonstrations have been banned during the 2 weeks of climate talks$