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Minister responds to council fracking questions

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

Europa shareholders back fundraising

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 3, 2026

N Yorks Council “burying its head in the sand” over Burniston gas plan complaints

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 2, 2026

Planners accused of “misleading” report on Burniston fracking gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2026

Breaking: Minister declines to decide Burniston gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2026

Don’t reverse Finch ruling, PM urged

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 23, 2026

100,000-signature petition against Leith Hill oil drilling to be handed to Environment Agency

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 27, 2018 • ( 14 Comments )

Updated 28/2/2018: The Environment Agency has cancelled the Dorking event because of bad weather  Opponents of drilling for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey are to hand in a petition on Thursday with what could be more than 100,000 signatures.

Lancashire campaigners winning the battle against fracking, say climate change experts

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2018 • ( 60 Comments )

A former climate diplomat told anti-fracking campaigners in Lancashire they were close to winning their battle against shale gas.

Angus seeks another 10 years at Lidsey oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2018 • ( 8 Comments )

The oil company, Angus Energy, has applied for permission to produce from its Lidsey site near Bognor Regis in West Sussex for another 10 years.

Tributes paid to shale gas commentator, Nick Grealy, who died yesterday

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 26, 2018 • ( 14 Comments )

Nick Grealy, the pro-fracking commentator and journalist, died yesterday aged 64. He had been diagnosed last year with brain, lung and pancreatic cancers.

Guest post by The Weald Action Group: Demystifying acidisation

By Guest Post on February 26, 2018 • ( 7 Comments )

As companies across the Weald in southern England begin using acidisation as part of Kimmeridge oil exploration, a campaign group has published a new leaflet about the technique. In this Guest Post, The Weald Action Group, an alliance of community organisations across the region, explains why it produced […]

What’s happening this week? 26 February-4 March 2018

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

In this week’s listings: First Robin Hood vs Fracking workshops and parade; John Ashton and Jamie Peters speaking at Preston New Road; Opening day of examination in public of North Yorkshire Minerals Plan; Environment Agency drop-in meeting about oil exploration near Leith Hill; Know your rights training; National […]

Labour MP tells anti-fracking marchers: ‘You are not alone’

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 24, 2018 • ( 46 Comments )

The Bolsolver MP, Dennis Skinner, told several hundred anti-fracking campaigners at a rally in Derbyshire that the Labour Party was behind them.

INEOS wins right to challenge the Scottish Government over fracking ban – and to sue for damages

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 23, 2018 • ( 36 Comments )

Yesterday it was the one of the UK’s biggest conservation charities. Today it was a government. For the second day running, INEOS has won the right to bring a legal case to court.

Yorkshire landowners back National Trust in INEOS legal challenge

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 23, 2018 • ( 33 Comments )

15 Yorkshire landowners, holding more than 80,000 acres, have publicly supported the National Trust in the legal challenge from INEOS over access for shale gas testing.

INEOS wins approval for High Court challenge to National Trust over shale gas testing in historic park

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 22, 2018 • ( 29 Comments )

The UK’s biggest shale gas company has been given leave to take action in the High Court to enforce access to the National Trust’s Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.

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