Updated: Anti-fracking camp relocates from Derbyshire drilling depot
Campaigners against fracking who established a camp outside a drilling supply company in Derbyshire have relocated.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
First lock-on at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton fracking site sees “Bat girls” blockade entrance for 12 hours
Four women wearing bat costumes locked themselves to containers of concrete this morning outside Third Energy’s fracking site at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
What’s happening this week? 25 September-1 October 2017
stret In this week’s listings Fracking exhibitions by INEOS and opposition groups in Woodsetts; Rallies at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site with Baroness Jones and union leaders; Fracking public meetings in Blackpool, Brighton and Ellesmere Port; Anti-fracking protest at the Conservative Party Conference.
Protest update: 18-24 September 2017
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: MPs and party leaders visit Preston New Road protests; Arrests and charges at Kirby Misperton; Pop-up protests at Third Energy suppliers.
Angus plans electricity generation at Brockham site
Angus Energy told investors this morning it was seeking the go-ahead for on-site power generation at its Brockham oil site in Surrey.
Landowners accuse government of “major failing” over liability for fracking
Landowners are demanding speedy action from the government about who should deal with the consequences if something goes wrong with fracking.
Campaigners condemn change in police tactics over anti-fracking protests in North Yorkshire
Opponents of fracking plans at Kirby Misperton have accused North Yorkshire Police of violating their human right to protest.
Notts site construction expected soon and new NW shale application within three months – IGas
IGas expects to submit a new planning application in north west England by the end of the year and to begin construction soon at its East Midlands shale gas sites.
Campaign group urges police to stop N Yorks fracking over threat to bats
In a last attempt to stop fracking at Kirby Misperton, Friends of the Earth has asked North Yorkshire Police to investigate whether bats will be at risk from Third Energy’s planned operation.
First arrests at N Yorks fracking site as protesters form “human blockade” in front of deliveries
Two men were arrested this morning as anti-fracking campaigners gathered at the gates of Third Energy’s shale gas site in Kirby Misperton for the arrival of the first delivery vehicles.
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