Frack in Lancashire, but not in Sussex, says Conservative Nicholas Soames
Sir Nicholas Soames, the Conservative candidate for Mid Sussex, supports fracking – but not in his constituency, he told voters last week.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
1,000 march against Ryedale fracking
Frack Free Ryedale said around 1,000 people marched through Malton yesterday (Saturday 25th April 2015) in the biggest ever anti-fracking rally in Yorkshire.
“It would be difficult to find a more unsuitable and inappropriate site for such a development”, Surrey oil drilling inquiry hears.
Local residents and politicians lined up to object to plans for exploratory oil drilling in the Surrey Hills near Leith Hill this morning. They were giving evidence on the third day of a public inquiry into proposals by Europa Oil for an oil well at Bury Hill Woods, […]
Chance of finding oil at Leith Hill drilling site about 30%, planning inquiry hears
Campaigners opposed to drilling in the Surrey Hills said the chance of finding oil at a site near Leith Hill was small and any oil that was recovered was likely to be nationally insignificant.
Surrey’s jewel in the crown needs highest protection, oil drilling inquiry hears
The area around Leith Hill, where an oil company wants to drill, is the jewel in the crown of the Surrey Hills and deserves the highest protection, a public inquiry heard this afternoon.
More delay to Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking decisions
Lancashire County Council announced this afternoon it has extended again the time limit to agree Cuadrilla’s planning applications to frack for shale gas at two sites in the Fylde. The new deadline is 30th June 2015.
No compelling need for oil site in Surrey Hills, inquiry told
A planning expert told a public inquiry into plans to drill for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey there was no compelling need for the development.
Restoration of Leith Hill oil drilling site would take 25 years
It would take 25 years to restore an exploratory oil site in the Surrey Hills after it was abandoned, a public inquiry heard this afternoon.
“David and Goliath battle” as residents take on oil company in the Surrey Hills
A nature conservationist described the campaign against oil drilling near Leith Hill in Surrey as a David and Goliath battle.
Second public inquiry into Surrey Hills oil drilling plans opens this morning
The latest stage in a seven year planning battle over oil drilling in the Surrey Hills is due to get underway this morning.
DRILL OR DROP? 