Listening panel first for Surrey oil and gas proposal
A council in Surrey is to shape its response to local oil and gas proposals on public comments to a listening panel.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Villagers oppose Ineos plans for road closures around Harthill shale gas site
Ineos is proposing six weeks of road closures around its shale gas exploration site near the village of Harthill in south Yorkshire, a new document has revealed.
Angus conference call: Planning blunder forced company to reapply for Balcombe consent
Angus Energy could have avoided another planning application for its extended well test at Balcombe in West Sussex, the company admitted this evening.
Angus conference call: “restrictions on water reinjection limiting UK onshore oil and gas”
UK onshore oil production is being held back by new regulations on water reinjection, Angus Energy told investors this evening.
Updated: Cuadrilla to frack second well at Preston New Road and granted permit changes
Cuadrilla confirmed this morning it was preparing to frack again at its shale gas site near Blackpool in Lancashire.
Picture post: 100th women in white gathering at fracking site
Women in Lancashire today marked the 100th Wednesday they have held silent protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool.
Health professionals urge PM to “secure her green legacy by banning fracking”
A group of 143 doctors, nurses and health specialists has called on Theresa May to ban fracking in her final fortnight in office.
Site restoration underway at Tinker Lane
IGas has confirmed that restoration is now underway at its first shale gas site in the East Midlands.
Spending watchdog investigates costs of fracking
The potential cost to the public of decommissioning fracking sites is to be investigated by the government’s spending watchdog.
Government has 18 months to act on climate change – official adviser
The UK’s credibility to tackle climate change rests on government action over the next 18 months, the official adviser said today.
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