Tory MPs call for a ban on fracking in ancient woodlands
Three Conservative MPs have urged the government to extend the ban on fracking in protected areas to ancient woodlands.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Pictures of flooded CBM site approved by Swansea council
The site for a proposed coal bed methane exploration borehole at Bryntywod near Llangyfelach, photographed this morning during a visit by members of Swansea Council’s planning committee.
Formal complaint over council meeting on CBM plans
Residents of a small village near Swansea are to make a formal complaint about how councillors decided a planning application for coal bed methane exploration near their homes.
Government denies new law for national parks is “backdoor to fracking”
The local government minister, James Wharton, denied yesterday afternoon that new legislation would allow fracking in national parks.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 4th December 2015th
In this Fracking Week in Westminster, questions, statements and replies about: Fracking in protected areas Shale gas in Egypt Energy security Shale gas wealth fund
How many wells does Third Energy want to frack at Kirby Misperton?
A local councillor in North Yorkshire says Third Energy showed him a diagram of ten horizontal boreholes leading from the well the company wants to frack for shale gas at Kirby Misperton.
Anti-fracking hunger striker calls for meeting with Prime Minister
An anti-fracking campaigner on hunger strike opposite Downing Street hopes to put his case to the highest levels of government next week.
Update on Kirby Misperton fracking application
Third Energy agrees to February decision date and Ryedale DC defers discussion again Councillors in Ryedale in North Yorkshire have delayed for a second time their consideration of plans to frack at Kirby Misperton . Ryedale District Council’s planning committee, meeting last night, deferred debate on Third Energy’s […]
Green light for testing at Horse Hill oil well
Plans to test the Horse Hill exploratory oil well near Gatwick Airport came a step closer this week.
Environment Agency “minded” to grant permits for fracking in Ryedale
A second public consultation opens today on whether Third Energy should receive environmental permits to carry out fracking at a well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
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