‘Radioactive water disposal plan would turn national park site into toxic dump’ – campaign group
IGas should not be allowed to dispose of radioactive wastewater in a well at its Singleton oil site in the South Downs, campaigners have argued.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Woodburn Forest drilling licence relinquished
The petroleum licence which saw drilling for oil in Woodburn Forest in Northern Ireland has been relinquished.
Australian mining group takes control of fracking firm Cuadrilla
An Australian mining group has almost doubled its stake in the UK shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources.
“Boris Johnson doesn’t get climate change” – sacked COP26 chair
Claire O’Neill, the chair of the COP26 talks sacked by Boris Johnson last week, said the prime minister did not understand the climate emergency.
2035 ban on petrol/diesel vehicles will leave UK in “slow lane” of electric car revolution – campaigner
The Prime Minister is bringing forward a ban on UK sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035.
February 2020 headlines
You can keep up with the news here with our digest of headlines about UK fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas, updated daily. Click here for headlines from previous months. Please let us know if we’ve missed something important contact@DrillOrDrop.com Key headlines A J Lucas doubles stake in Cuadrilla […]
Court date in challenge to approval of Horse Hill oil production
A Surrey resident is going to the High Court for the right to challenge the approval of 20 years of oil production at the Horse Hill site near Gatwick Airport.
Dunsfold drilling decision delayed again
The decision on plans by UK Oil & Gas to drill at Dunsfold in Surrey have been put back again.
February 2020 diary
Events in February 2020 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning
“Suspicion” at Cuadrilla’s gas plans for Elswick
Campaigners who fought Cuadrilla’s fracking plans near Blackpool for nearly five years are now questioning the company’s motives for another site a mile away.
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