Infrastructure Bill update – new dates and amendments
The Infrastructure Bill, which includes proposals to allow oil and gas companies to drill below 300m without the permission of landowners, begins a new parliament stage next week.
200+ UK campaign groups urge PM to ban fracking
205 anti-fracking groups from across the UK have signed a letter to David Cameron calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing.
MPs warn ministers to improve fracking regulation, as Infrastructure Bill gets 2nd reading
A Lancashire Conservative MP said this evening he was unable to support the Government’s Infrastructure Bill because of its clauses on fracking. A second threatened to oppose the bill later on in its passage unless shale gas regulations were strengthened.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 5/12/14
Transcripts of parliamentary questions, answers and debates on fracking and onshore oil and gas for the week ending 5th December 21014 This week saw the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement – see our report on the Statement’s plans for a sovereign wealth fund and money for public information on shale […]
Balcombe lawyers say dismissed judicial review will lead to better decisions
Lawyers representing residents who sought to overturn Cuadrilla’s planning permission to test its exploratory oil well in Balcombe said the judicial review raised important issues.
Judge rules against Balcombe residents – detailed report
A group of Balcombe residents has failed in its legal fight to quash the planning permission granted to Cuadrilla to test and carry out flaring at an exploratory oil well in the village.
Breaking: Balcombe residents lose judicial review of Cuadrilla planning permission
A group of Balcombe residents has lost its High Court battle to overturn the planning permission granted to Cuadrilla to test an exploratory oil well in their village.
Government commitment to shale gas reduces confidence in decision-making
Government support for fracking has made people less likely to believe that decisions about shale gas will be objective and independent, according to new research. The study for the Department of Energy and Climate Change also found that the more people learned about shale gas, the more opposed […]
Autumn statement: more reaction on shale plans
Sovereign wealth fund Michael Bradshaw, professor of global energy at Warwick Business School, told ThisIsMoney.co.uk the wealth fund was “laudable” but “premature in the extreme, as we do not yet know if we have a commercial opportunity’.
£5m fund for public information on shale regulations
The government announced a £5m fund in yesterday’s autumn statement to provide public information on shale gas regulation.
DRILL OR DROP? 