Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
An environmental campaigner has told the High Court she breached the injunction at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool because she was “terrified” about the damage fracking would do to her community.
Friends of the Earth has launched legal proceedings to try to force Cuadrilla to “substantially reduce” the scale of its injunction against anti-fracking protests.
Three anti-fracking campaigners are due in court tomorrow (Tuesday) in what is believed to be the first trial for an alleged breach of a protest injunction granted to a UK onshore oil or gas company.
The oil exploration site in Surrey, nicknamed the “Gatwick Gusher”, breached health and safety laws last year, DrillOrDrop has learned.
The inquiry into Ineos shale gas proposals continues to hear about planning issues today..
Work to finalise policies that will shape fracking in North Yorkshire has been put on hold because of a landmark legal ruling.
Doriemus plc, which has oil interests in the Weald in southern England, has replaced its chairman.
Angus Energy announced this morning it had completed a farm-in agreement for the Saltfleetby gasfield in East Lincolnshire.
The inquiry into Ineos shale gas proposals is expected to hear from planning witnesses and members of the public today.
Cuadrilla has got the go-ahead to pipe rain water falling on its fracking site near Blackpool into a local brook.
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