MPs vote down Labour’s bid to ban fracking
A Labour bid to introduce legislation to ban fracking was defeated this evening.
PM announces consultation on gauging fracking consent
Liz Truss announced today a consultation on how local consent for fracking would be measured.
MPs quiz climate minister on regulating fracking earthquakes
The climate minister has told MPs the government is reviewing regulations on fracking-induced earthquakes.
Miliband promises Misson a Labour government will ban fracking
The shadow climate secretary, Ed Miliband, on a visit to the shale gas village of Misson in Nottinghamshire today, promised that a Labour government would ban fracking.
“UK fracking is good for the environment”, says climate minster
The new climate minister said today that developing UK shale gas would be good for the environment, the economy and jobs.
“No fracking” tracking
English councils have begun voting against shale gas development in their areas, in response to the new government polity that fracking needs local support to go ahead.
“We don’t want fracking” – East Yorkshire tells government
Conservative-controlled East Yorkshire council has voted overwhelmingly against fracking locally in one of the first formal reactions to the government’s lifting of the moratorium in England.
Updated: No F-word in PM’s speech – but heckled by anti-fracking campaigners
Liz Truss did not mention fracking in her speech to the Conservative conference in Birmingham. But leading campaigners from Greenpeace heckled over the party’s U-turn on the moratorium on fracking.
Jacob Rees-Mogg rules out local referendums on fracking and says shale gas companies could canvas door-door
The business secretary has rejected local referendums as a measure of public consent for fracking.
What Liz Truss said about fracking in Lancashire this morning
The prime minister repeatedly said fracking must be with local consent when she was interviewed about fracking this morning by BBC Radio Lancashire. But she refused to rule it out in the county.
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