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Have your say on fracking health impacts

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 12, 2017 • ( 32 Comments )

A researcher is asking for help with an investigation into the impacts of fracking on social health and well-being.

Breaking: Refusal of Egdon oil production plans at Wressle, Lincs

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 11, 2017 • ( 46 Comments )

In the past few minutes, councillors in Lincolnshire have refused planning permission to Egdon Resources for 15 years of oil production at its Wressle site near Scunthorpe.

New year, new comment policy

By Paul Seaman on January 7, 2017 • ( 21 Comments )

DrillOrDrop always welcomes comments. One aim of the site is to foster constructive debate about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry. The writers value highly the expertise and commitment of everyone who comments.

Pressure mounts on Friends of the Earth anti-fracking campaign

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2017 • ( 101 Comments )

Friends of the Earth is fighting off criticism from the shale gas company, Cuadrilla, and the advertising watchdog.

Work begins at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2017 • ( 47 Comments )

Cuadrilla announced this morning it was starting surface construction work at its shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, near Little Plumpton in Lancashire.

Campaigners vow to defend Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest from fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 1, 2017 • ( 54 Comments )

Opponents of fracking have vowed to defend Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire after it was revealed that the chemical company, INEOS, is preparing to explore for shale gas.

Review of 2016

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 27, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

2016 saw the first approvals for high volume hydraulic fracturing in the UK since fracking caused small earthquakes in Lancashire in 2011.

Happy Christmas from DrillOrDrop.com

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2016 • ( 16 Comments )

DrillOrDrop.com wishes you a very happy Christmas and New Year. Thank you for supporting independent journalism during 2016. Between now and the New Year, we’ll be looking back over the past 12 months, beginning with our review of 2016. In 2017, we’ll continue to report on fracking, the […]