Updated picture post: Drilling equipment begins arriving at IGas Tinker Lane site
Updated 16 May 2018 A convoy of equipment needed to begin drilling at the IGas site at Tinker Lane in north Nottinghamshire arrived yesterday.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Reaction to Lincolnshire oil drilling consents: ‘our concerns are not being heard’, say objectors
Disappointed opponents of oil exploration at two sites in Lincolnshire granted planning consent this morning have complained that councillors did not listen to their objections.
Live news updates: Lincolnshire councillors unanimously back oil drilling plans for N Kelsey and Biscathorpe
Live updates from the meeting of Lincolnshire County Council discussing Egdon Resources’ planning applications to drill and test oil wells at North Kelsey and Biscathorpe. Planning officers have recommended the go-ahead for both schemes. Previous planning permissions for both sites have expired. The only work carried out was the […]
Fracking goes on trial at international tribunal
An internationally-recognised tribunal will begin examining evidence today on whether fracking breaches human rights.
What’s happening this week? 14-20 May 2018
In this week’s listings Week of hearings by the Permanent People’s Tribunal on fracking; More witnesses give evidence to parliamentary inquiry on fracking planning guidance; Decision meeting on applications for oil exploration at N Kelsey and Biscathorpe; Seventh week of United Resistance campaign against fracking in Lancashire; Drop-in meeting on […]
Government rejects national setback distances for fracking sites
Fracking Week in Parliament. The government has said it has no plans to establish a minimum distance between homes and shale gas sites across the country.
Four more years for shale gas exploration around Chester
Two of the UK’s leading shale gas companies have been given another four years to drill an exploration well in the Chester area to meet their commitments to the Government.
Ineos accuses Scottish Government of “Alice in Wonderland” approach to fracking policy
Ineos said today it was astonished to learn that the Scottish Government claimed it had not issued a ban on fracking in Scotland.
IGas pulls out of oil and gas licences in the East Midlands and the Weald
IGas announced today it was withdrawing investment from 10 oil and gas licences in the East Midlands, southern England and north east Scotland.
When is a ban not a ban? Day 2 of Ineos legal challenge over fracking in Scotland
The Scottish Government created an unlawful policy to prevent fracking in Scotland, the lawyer for two gas companies told the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh today.
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