Energy minister promises to visit anti-fracking protesters
The energy and clean growth minister, Claire Perry, told the House of Commons today she would visit the Preston New Road fracking site and would be sure to visit protesters.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Air pollution in North Yorks village changed from rural to urban levels as Third Energy prepared to frack
Air quality near Third Energy’s gas site in North Yorkshire deteriorated as the company mobilised equipment and got ready to frack, research has revealed.
Fracking is affecting our health, neighbours of shale gas site tell UK experts
One of the UK’s leading public health experts heard testimony today about the stress of living with fracking from neighbours of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site.
Picture post: IGas to start building Tinker Lane drilling rig
IGas has confirmed that it has delivered most of the drilling equipment to its Tinker Lane shale gas site in north Nottinghamshire.
Anti-fracking campaigners join protest to close five London bridges
An estimated 6,000+ of people, including opponents of fracking from across the UK, closed five bridges in central London to highlight their concerns about climate change.
“Overwhelming opposition” to fracking, shale gas commissioner told on visit to Fylde
Communities in Lancashire will never accept fracking, the government-appointed shale gas commissioner, Natascha Engel, was told during a visit to Lancashire yesterday.
UKOG publishes numbers from Horse Hill oil tests
The leading company behind exploration at the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick said total production from the flow test so far had reached nearly 14,000 barrels.
