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.
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, […]
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.
“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.
Fracking election update: Quarter of general election candidates sign frack-free pledge
Nearly 1,000 of the 3,990+ candidates standing in the general election have made a formal promise to oppose fracking in their constituencies, according to the latest figures from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.
Only 20% trust UK government to regulate shale gas – new research
The government cannot be trusted to regulate shale gas, according to more than 40% of people surveyed by Cardiff University. Just over 20% were confident that the government would do an adequate job.The rest didn’t know.
IGas sees Ellesmere Port shale gas well as model for the future
IGas boss, Andrew Austin, told an industry conference this afternoon the company’s well at Ellesmee Port in Cheshire was as good, if not better than anything the company had seen across north-west England.
Drilling election round-up: party manifestos, campaigner candidates, contested elections
Party manifesto mentions of onshore oil and gas (in alphabetical order)
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