“Celtique go home” – campaigners
Anti-tracking campaigners outside South Downs National Park HQ where Celtique Energie application to drill at Fernhurst is decided today.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
“Have confidence in fracking” – Environment Secretary
Concerns inevitable but regulation will make fracking safe, MPs told The new environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss, told MPs this afternoon that people could have confidence in fracking because, with proper regulation, it was safe and had a low impact on the environment.
Shale industry ready to talk about fracking
After months of shying away from debates about fracking, the onshore oil and gas industry now wants to talk. The industry body UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) is inviting people to submit questions about shale to its new Talk about shale website.
Police drop 5 cautions from Balcombe protests
Sussex Police has agreed to withdraw five cautions accepted by people arrested at last year’s anti-fracking protests at Balcombe.
Police reflect on Balcombe protest one year on
Police liaison officer denies his team collected intelligence on campaigners In the final interview of our series Balcombe One Year On, Sergeant Mark Redbourn, a Police Liaison Officer with Sussex Police, looks back on the highs and lows of the anti-fracking protests outside Cuadrilla’s oil exploration site. During […]
Fracking diary
Events coming up in September on fracking and onshore oil and gas drilling Wednesday 10th SeptemberElizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dr Paul Leinster, Chief Executive, Environment Agency, give evidence to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select […]
Fracking Week in Westminster (1-5 Sept)
Transcripts of this week’s parliamentary questions and statements on: Fracking safety Labour amendments to Infrastructure Bill Public information about fracking Tax revenues With thanks to TheyWorkForYou.com
More reaction to Fernhurst recommendation
Environmental groups and anti-fracking campaigners have welcomed yesterday’s report by South Downs National Park planners which recommended rejection of a planning application by Celtique Energie to drill an exploratory oil well at Fernhurst.
Celtique Energie response to planners on Fernhurst
Drilling plans would have modest impact on the environment, company says Celtique Energie says its application to drill an exploratory oil well at Fernhurst in the South Downs National Park would have a modest impact on the local environment. The company was responding to a recommendation bynational park […]
Fernhurst drilling plans “not in the public interest”
Celtique Energie has failed to prove there are exceptional circumstances that justify its plans for an exploratory oil well at Fernhurst in the South Downs National Park, planners said this afternoon. In a report released in the past hour, officers at the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) […]
DRILL OR DROP? 