British actress Emma Thompson has joined forces with her sister to protest against fracking in England.
The sisters ignored a court injunction which denies access to the site in Lancashire, which are home to locations where shale company Cuadrilla wants to drill onshore.
The firm owns sites in Little Plumpton and Roseacre in Lancashire and has previously been refused permission to extract shale gas after Lancashire County Council rejected plans on the ground of noise and traffic impact.
An injunction was put in place in 2014 banning protestors from the sites.
Writing for Greenpeace, Thompson said:“For almost five years, Lancashire has been in the midst of a battle to stop the shale gas industry. And despite huge local opposition, fracking firm Cuadrilla is determined to set up its rigs and drill.
“I’m in a field in Lancashire, helping set up a makeshift kitchen and getting ready to take part in a baking-themed protest over plans to frack for gas under the ground I’m stood on.”
Ms Thompson is not the first celebrity to enter the fracking debate, an open letter was penned to David Cameron in March by Colin Firth, Mark Ruffalo and Vivienne Westwood – calling on him to stop fracking in communities that have already voted against it.
Cuadrilla appealed the council decision and the resulting inquiry that closed on 16 March has yet to announce a decision.