DrillOrDrop’s weekly update of events about fracking, onshore oil and gas and the campaigns around them. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of June and July and later in the year here

Monday 27 June 2016

Fracking in Lancashire public meeting, 7pm-9pm, The Bureau, Victoria Street, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 6DW . Details

Demonstration about the issue of fracking in the Joint Waste and Minerals Plan for Plan for City of York Council, North Yorkshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council. Demonstration starts at 4.30pm, West Offices of the City of York Council, Station Rise, YO1 6GA. Details

Members of Frack Free York say they will be speaking on fracking during at the Local Plan Working Group meeting at York City Council. Meeting starts at 5.30pm at West Offices of the City of York Council, Station Rise, YO1 6GA. Details

Tuesday 28 June 2016

Meeting of Nottinghamshire County Council planning committee to consider  report by Corporate Director, Resources, which proposes a special meeting for a date in September (tbc) to decide IGas’s application to explore for shale gas at Springs Road, Misson. Meeting starts at 10.30, County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP. Details

Frack Free Wigan, Leigh and Makerfield public meeting, 7pm, Leigh Miners Welfare Institute, Kirby road, Leigh, WN7 4EF. Details

Frack Free Yeovil meeting, 7pm, Meadow Road, Yeovil, Somerset. Details of agenda and venue location POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY 5 JULY 2016

Wednesday 29 June 2016

Energy and Climate Change Minister and Brexit campaigner, Andrea Leadsom, appears before House of Commons Energy and Climate Select Committee on investor confidence in the UK energy sector, 9.30azm, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, London SW1 Details

IGas community exhibition, 3pm-8pm, Barnby Memorial Hall, Blyth S81 8EW. Details and see IGas newsletter here

Trowbridge Area Frack Free film showing of The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas, 7.30pm-9pm, Social Club, Newtown, Trowbridge BA14 9AG. Details

Frack Free Ashfield monthly meeting, 7.30pm-9pm, at new venue: The Wyvern Club, Urban Road, Kirkby in Ashfield Nottingham NG17 8DB. Details

Thursday 30 June 2016

Scheduled expiry date of first terms of more than 40 PEDL licences issued in 2008. Several appear to be subject to variation and at least one operator has requested an extension.

Government scheduled to sign off its carbon reduction targets for 2030.

Publication of the government’s greenhouse gas emissions statistics – Q1 2016

Saturday 2 July 2016

Warminster anti-fracking community fun fundraising event. Venue is a pub in Warminster. Entry by ticket only (£10). Contact 01985 846675 for tickets & information.

Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of June and July and later in the year here