Activists urge UN to ban fracking
Campaigners from Europe and North America have met a senior member of the United Nations to call for a ban on fracking.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Anti-fracking campaign opposes government plan to outlaw unauthorised camps
Government proposals to criminalise unauthorised camps would undermine freedom to protest against fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry, campaigners have argued.
Bid published to change permit for West Newton well test
The Environment Agency has published an application to revise the rules for a well test at Rathlin Energy’s oil and gas site at West Newton in East Yorkshire.
March 2020 headlines
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March 2020 diary
Events in March 2020 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning
Regulator objects to second oil plan over failure to assess risk to water
The Environment Agency has objected to plans to drill for oil in Dorset because there was no assessment of the risk to water.
Scottish government proposes to re-open public inquiry into Ineos coal gas plans
Scottish government officials are suggesting that an inquiry into drilling for coal bed methane that closed six years ago should re-open.
600+ sign letter calling on new ministers to extend fracking moratorium
More than 600 academics, politicians and campaigners signed a letter calling on the government to replace the current moratorium on fracking with an outright ban.
Experts identify flaws in Aurora’s fracking application on earthquake risk
The assessment of earthquake risk from fracking at a proposed shale gas site in Lancashire is superficial, outdated and not justified, experts have concluded.
Legal challenge to Third Energy sale gets go-ahead as emails reveal ministers intervened in deal
A government department “worked with” Barclays on the “orderly disposal” of the troubled fracking company, Third Energy, ministerial correspondence has revealed.
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