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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

Date confirmed for Burniston gas meeting

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 16, 2026

Industry regulator extends Europa’s Burniston licence

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 16, 2026

National park gas plan would have “significant environmental impacts” – ruling

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 8, 2026

Councillors back Burniston delay but company urges timely decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 7, 2026

Star Energy seeks more time to restore Egmanton oilfield

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 6, 2026

2026 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2026

Balcombe villagers accuse Angus Energy of “cutting corners” on environmental protection

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 10, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Measures to protect the environment during proposed work at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex are “inadequate, incomplete and misleading”, villagers have complained.

Cuadrilla’s injunction drops bar on key fracking protests

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 9, 2020 • ( 9 Comments )

Important sections of the injunction against protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have been abandoned.

Decision on Balcombe well test delayed

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 6, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

The decision on Angus Energy’s planning application for an extended well test at Balcombe will not now be made this month.

Conservative MP seeks to extend fracking moratorium to shale gas drilling

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 6, 2020 • ( 11 Comments )

The new Conservative MP for the Rother Valley in south Yorkshire is calling on the government to extend its moratorium on fracking to include drilling for shale gas.

10% support UK fracking – new record low in government survey

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 6, 2020 • ( 8 Comments )

Just one in ten people support fracking in the UK, according to the latest results in a quarterly government survey.

‘Radioactive water disposal plan would turn national park site into toxic dump’ – campaign group

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 5, 2020 • ( 70 Comments )

IGas should not be allowed to dispose of radioactive wastewater in a well at its Singleton oil site in the South Downs, campaigners have argued.

Woodburn Forest drilling licence relinquished

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 5, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

The petroleum licence which saw drilling for oil in Woodburn Forest in Northern Ireland has been relinquished.

Australian mining group takes control of fracking firm Cuadrilla

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 4, 2020 • ( 22 Comments )

An Australian mining group has almost doubled its stake in the UK shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources.

“Boris Johnson doesn’t get climate change” – sacked COP26 chair

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 4, 2020 • ( 10 Comments )

Claire O’Neill, the chair of the COP26 talks sacked by Boris Johnson last week, said the prime minister did not understand the climate emergency.

2035 ban on petrol/diesel vehicles will leave UK in “slow lane” of electric car revolution – campaigner

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 3, 2020 • ( 16 Comments )

The Prime Minister is bringing forward a ban on UK sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035.

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