“Celtique go home” – campaigners
Anti-tracking campaigners outside South Downs National Park HQ where Celtique Energie application to drill at Fernhurst is decided today.
Fracking gets the mediation treatment tonight as two writers go head-to-head on BBC Radio 4
20th August 2014 A new series on BBC Radio 4, which uses techniques from mediation and conflict resolution, begins tonight (Wednesday August 20th) with the issue of fracking. But the arguments in favour will not be put by politicians or industry but by an ex-academic.
More criticism and evidence of censoring the bad news of fracking
13th August 2014 An editorial in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph urged the government to share what it called the “bad news – and the bonanza – on fracking”. “It is patronising and self-defeating”, it said, “to avoid a discussion about the localised implications of drilling”.
Government survey shows public support for fracking falls below 25%
12th August 2014 The latest government survey of public attitudes to fracking has shown a fall in support. The Public Attitudes Tracker, commissioned by Department of Energy and Climate Change and published today, reveals under a quarter of respondents supported shale gas extraction.
MP criticises redacted fracking report
11th August 2014 The Green MP Caroline Lucas has accused the government of hiding information from the public on fracking after a report on the impact of shale gas on the rural economy was heavily redacted.
Government’s licence-to-drill consultation ignored vast majority of responses
30th July 2014 Ministers ignored the views of the vast majority of people and organisations who responded to the government consultation on new oil and gas drilling licences.
Anti-drilling campaigners before planning committee meeting
Campaigners against Celtique Energie’s drilling application between Wisborough Green and Kirdford gather before the planning committee meeting in Horsham this morning.
Campaign group welcomes MP’s opposition to Wisborough Green drilling
21st July 2014 Friends of the Earth has welcomed the call by former minister Nick Herbert for a rejection of Celtique Energie’s planning application to drill for oil near Wisborough Green and Kirdford.
BBC reveals how it tried to get oil companies and politicians to join Fernhurst fracking debate
16th July 2014 The BBC explained this morning how it encouraged oil and gas companies and politicians to take part in its live fracking debate at Fernhurst – even though none chose to attend.
Reaction to BBC fracking debate at Fernhurst – “wilful blindness to risk”; “disinformation and innuendo”; “beating climate change”
16th July 2014 Industry’s “systemic, wilful blindness to risk” Jeremy Leggett, green energy entrepreneur and chair of Solarcentury, the UK’s largest independent solar electric company, told BBC Sussex: “I have a lot of sympathy with the points being made in the debate. Look at the record of the […]
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