Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
North Yorkshire County Council has set the date to consider Third Energy’s proposal to frack for shale gas at its site at Kirby Misperton The council’s planning committee will meet to vote on the planning application in four weeks’ time on Friday 20 May 2016 at County Hall […]
A former climate diplomat has accused the government of treating people with deception and cynicism over the regulation of fracking.
More than 10,000 people have booked to see a play at Chichester Festival Theatre about reactions to fracking plans in a fictional village. All 33 performances of the new work by Alistair Beaton have sold out more than three months before it opens.
Senior executives representing five shale gas companies are heading to North Yorkshire next week to promote onshore drilling to business. Opponents of fracking have described the event as a lobbying exercise for plans to frack in the county. And they accuse the organisers of side-ling business figures from […]
Oil production in the Weald in southern England could generate around £52 billion over 40 years, according to forecasts published today by EY.
Summary of recent activity on UK fracking and onshore oil and gas, including applications, consents and withdrawals.
The Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, is the speaker at a new parliamentary group on shale gas regulation, which meets next week.
A new strategy in West Sussex seeks to prevent almost all oil and gas development in the South Downs National Park and the county’s two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Two opponents of Cuadrilla’s plans to frack in Lancashire have won a national award established in memory of the campaigner, Sheila McKechnie.
People living near proposed shale gas exploration sites have raised concerns over whether their communities will receive payments promised by the industry.
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