Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Guest Post by by Laurence Williams A public inquiry gets underway in five weeks’ time to hear Cuadrilla’s appeals against the refusals of planning permission to frack at two sites in Lancashire. A planning inspector wil chair the inquiry, now expected to last up to 20 days. But the […]
Our digest of December’s headlines about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments – and reaction to them, including:
A group opposed to fracking in Lancashire is taking inspiration from a Christmas decoration as it prepares to challenge the drilling industry for a second time.
DrillOrDrop’s round-up of the oil and gas sites that may see action in the next year.
The most viewed posts on DrillOrDrop in 2015 all reported on MPs and their attitudes to fracking.
The government promised to deliver shale in 2015 – but during the year no wells were fracked and no applications for shale gas exploration were approved.
30+ meetings, decisions, consultation deadlines and other key dates in January on fracking and onshore oil and gas. Advanced notice of dates throughout 2016. Updated throughout the month. Please let us know here if you’d like us to add your events.
Government proposals to allow oil and gas companies to drill monitoring boreholes without planning permission will be put before parliament next year. Ministers want to change what are known as “permitted development rights” for groundwater monitoring boreholes and boreholes for seismic investigation and monitoring. A statement, released on […]
Rathlin Energy, a gas exploration company working in East Yorkshire, sought a bankruptcy order this morning against a leading anti-fracking campaigner.
Photo credit: David J Some rights reserved MPs have given the energy secretary, Amber Rudd, until the first week in January to answer questions about the government’s withdrawal of funding for carbon capture and storage.
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