Reporting of the regulation of the shale oil and gas and hydraulic fracturing industry, including planning permissions and permits
Cuadrilla is seeking to raise the height of the rig and the volume of noise it can make at a Lancashire shale gas site next to an internationally-important bird reserve.
The Forestry Commission is standing by its decision to allow oil exploration on its land near a popular beauty spot in the Surrey Hills.
A legal agreement required for final planning consent at Nottinghamshire’s first shale gas site has been delayed for another month.
Residents living near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire have called for tougher action from the authorities.
A local newspaper supplement about shale gas in the East Midlands has attracted three formal complaints to the advertising watchdog.
Lancashire County Council has confirmed that some lorries visiting Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have not followed the agreed route, in breach of planning conditions. But the council said it won’t be taking action against them.
Parish councillors in the area picked by INEOS for what could be its first shale gas planning application have voted unanimously against the proposals.
People living around Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road near Blackpool say they are horrified to learn that there has been no independent testing for the radioactive gas, radon.
Staff from five organisations that regulate or advise on shale gas will be answering questions about Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site at a drop-in event next month.
DrillOrDrop has identified some of the key arguments over Friends of the Earth’s disputed fund-raising leaflet about fracking.
DRILL OR DROP? 