INEOS shale gas plans at Harthill open for comment – key details on the application
Plans by INEOS to explore for shale gas in the greenbelt between Sheffield and Worksop are now open for comment.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Yorkshire fracking company receives official warning over incorrect emissions data
The shale gas company preparing to frack in North Yorkshire breached one of its environmental permits by failing to publish correct emissions data, it has emerged.
Protest update: 19-25 June 2017
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: Eviction of Leith Hill Protection Camp, Surrey 6-person lock-on at equipment supplier in Preston Demonstration at A E Yates in Bolton Greenpeace protesters in court in Blackpool This post will be updated throughout […]
60-tonne lorry to deliver equipment along sunken lane to drilling site near Leith Hill – traffic plan
Road closures, stop-go boards and parking suspensions are among the proposals in a long-awaited plan for routing delivery lorries weighing up to 60 tonnes to Europa’s oil exploration site near Leith Hill in Surrey. The consultation on the company’s traffic management plan closes tomorrow (Wednesday 21st June).
Rural campaigners toughen policy on fracking and call for moratorium
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has changed its policy on fracking and called for a moratorium unless shale gas extraction secures “radical reductions” in carbon emissions.
What’s happening this week? 19-25 June 2017
In this week’s listings The Queen’s Speech Judicial review Don’t Frack the Dearne walk Petition hand-in Information meetings Training
“Fracking is impractical in the UK” – US campaigner
Narrow roads, problems with waste disposal and a lack of research by regulators make fracking impractical in the UK, according to a campaigner who has secured bans on the process in the US.
UKOG boss expects oil answers on Broadford Bridge in weeks but questions keep coming from local opponents
Exploration company UKOG should know within three weeks whether there is oil under a large part of the Weald.
First public meeting for two years on Fylde fracking
People who want to find out more about fracking in the Fylde area of Lancashire are being urged to attend the first town hall-style public meeting on the subject for more than two years.
Protest update: 12-18 June 2017
In this week’s update: Monday morning lock-on at UKOG’s Broadford Bridge site in West Sussex Protest at Broadford Bridge as local media are shown the site Friends of the Earth visit Preston New Road Photo call at the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest
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