Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Fracking Week in Parliament: DrillOrDrop review of parliamentary questions and debates. The Environment Minister, David Rutley, was questioned in parliament this week about consulting the public on fracking.
The regulator of oil and gas licensing has begun a consultation on how it plans to assess the financial strength of companies.
The Weald-based exploration company, UK Oil and Gas Investments Plc, announced today it was considering raising funds.
In a decision published today, the Planning Inspectorate has given the green light to Ineos to explore for Shale gas at a site in the village of Harthill in South Yorkshire. DrillOrDrop report The company had appealed for non-determination of its application by Rotherham Council. The council later voted to […]
Ineos has received planning permission to explore for shale gas at a site in the village of Harthill in South Yorkshire.
A panel of judges at an internationally-recognised tribunal has concluded that governments and industry have failed in their obligations to protect the public from the impacts of fracking.
Ineos has announced it plans to submit a new application for shale gas exploration in the South Yorkshire village of Woodsetts.
Fashion designer, Dame Vivienne Westwood, and her son, Joe Corre, have accused the Government of hypocrisy over its policies on plastics and fracking.
UKOG announced today it was considering changing its status from an investment company on the AIM junior stock exchange.
June 2018 sees the opening of the inquiry into the Ineos scheme to explore for shale gas in the Derbyshire village of Marsh Lane, plus plans for a blockade of Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site.
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