Legal agreement on first Notts shale site delayed again
A legal agreement required for final planning consent at Nottinghamshire’s first shale gas site has been delayed for another month.
Residents demand stricter monitoring of Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Residents living near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire have called for tougher action from the authorities.
Complaints to advertising watchdog over INEOS fracking supplement
A local newspaper supplement about shale gas in the East Midlands has attracted three formal complaints to the advertising watchdog.
Council won’t take action over lorry breaches at Cuadrilla fracking site
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.
Council predicts battle ahead as it rejects first INEOS shale gas plan
Parish councillors in the area picked by INEOS for what could be its first shale gas planning application have voted unanimously against the proposals.
Residents feel betrayed over failure to test for radon around Lancashire fracking site
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.
Residents to quiz regulators over Cuadrilla’s fracking site
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.
FOE’s fracking leaflet – the key arguments
DrillOrDrop has identified some of the key arguments over Friends of the Earth’s disputed fund-raising leaflet about fracking.
Views sought on permit for Doe Green CBM site
The Environment Agency begins a public consultation on an environmental permit application for the coal bed methane production site at Doe Green
Tears and cheers over refusal of Wressle oil production plans
Opponents of plans for 15 years of oil production near Scunthorpe had tears in their eyes when councillors refused planning permission this afternoon.
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