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DRILL OR DROP?

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Happy Christmas 2025 from DrillOrDrop

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2025

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By Ruth Hayhurst on December 22, 2025

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Earth tremors continue around Surrey village as researchers discount link to oil sites

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 28, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

Small earth tremors have continued to be recorded around the Surrey village of Newdigate during the summer.

Record-breaking fracking tremor upgraded – “many frightened” as residents report damage

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 28, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

The British Geological Survey has revised upwards the intensity of the UK’s most powerful fracking-induced earth tremor from “strong” to “slightly damaging”.

Residents’ letter urges Cuadrilla to abandon fracking at Preston New Road

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 27, 2019 • ( 12 Comments )

A group of Lancashire residents handed a letter to Cuadrilla’s headquarters this morning requesting a permanent end to fracking at the company’s shale gas site near Blackpool.

“Cuadrilla should not be allowed to frack again after 2.9ML tremor”, say campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 26, 2019 • ( 59 Comments )

Opponents of fracking in Lancashire are calling for a permanent ban on fracking following this morning’s 2.9ML earth tremor caused by Cuadrilla’s shale gas site.

Tremors predicted before Lancashire fracking began

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 26, 2019 • ( 20 Comments )

An expert in hydraulic fracturing warned Cuadrilla and UK regulators in the days before fracking began near Blackpool that the operation would probably cause earth tremors.

Updated: Fracking suspended after 2.9ML tremor – Conservative MP calls for ban

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 26, 2019 • ( 24 Comments )

The regulator for the shale gas industry has suspended fracking operations at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire site after this morning’s 2.9ML tremor.

Anger as UK’s largest fracking tremor at 2.9ML shakes Lancashire

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 26, 2019 • ( 21 Comments )

A 2.9ML tremor centred on Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool was felt across Lancashire this morning – the largest so far induced by fracking in the UK.

Call for fracking ban after 2.1ML tremor shakes buildings around Cuadrilla shale gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 25, 2019 • ( 87 Comments )

People living around Cuadrilla’s shale gas site reported shaking buildings and windows last night from a 2.1ML tremor.

Tremors pause fracking again at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 24, 2019 • ( 89 Comments )

More earth tremors overnight were strong enough to stop fracking for a second time this month at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road near Blackpool.

Suspicion over fracking firm’s “secret deal” with geological agency

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 24, 2019 • ( 15 Comments )

Anti-fracking campaigners have reacted with concern to news that the British Geological Survey (BGS) signed a non-disclosure agreement with Cuadrilla over access to operational data.

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