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Wressle expansion would emit 1m+ tonnes of climate pollution

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 25, 2026

Council issues formal Burniston refusal

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 15, 2026

Horse Hill production application – publication expected next month

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 13, 2026

Ban must “shut the door” on all forms of fracking – campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 13, 2026

“Everyone can do something, however small” – advice to Foxholes gas opponents

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 12, 2026

New ground added to West Newton fracking challenge

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

What’s happening this week? 29 January-4 February 2018

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 28, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

In this week’s listings: Meeting of Derbyshire County Council on INEOS second shale gas application for Marsh Lane; Publication of latest government data on public attitudes to fracking; Webcast of conference on fracking and public health; Plus meetings, gatherings, talks and deadlines.

Northern anti-fracking campaigns step up plans for meetings and “targeted resistance”

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 27, 2018 • ( 18 Comments )

Opponents of fracking are intensifying their campaign against the shale gas industry across northern England.

Reaction to Rotherham council’s unanimous opposition to INEOS Harthill shale gas plan

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 25, 2018 • ( 34 Comments )

Residents and environmental groups celebrated this afternoon as councillors in Rotherham voted unanimously to opposed INEOS’s shale gas exploration plans at Harthill.

Reaction to refusal of IGas planning application for testing at Ellesmere Port

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 25, 2018 • ( 20 Comments )

Opponents of plans by IGas to test a gas well in Ellesmere Port stood to applaud Cheshire councillors this evening when they voted to reject the company’s planning application on climate change grounds.

Live updates: Cheshire councillors vote against IGas plans for gas testing at Ellesmere Port

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 25, 2018 • ( 15 Comments )

Live updates on the meeting of Cheshire West and Chester Council discussing IGas’s planning application to test the flow of a gas well at Portside North, at Ellesmere Port. Council officers have recommended the application for approval. The meeting is expecting to hear from supporters and opponents of […]

Updated: Minister delays fracking decision at Kirby Misperton until Third Energy submits its overdue accounts

By Paul Seaman on January 25, 2018 • ( 23 Comments )

The government is delaying a decision on Third Energy’s fracking plans at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire until the company has filed its latest accounts.

Live updates: Rotherham councillors unanimously oppose INEOS shale gas plans for Harthill

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 25, 2018 • ( 12 Comments )

Live updates from Rotherham Borough Council’s planning board meeting to discuss INEOS plans for a shale gas exploration well at Harthill.

John Dewar resigns as director of fracking firm Third Energy

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 24, 2018 • ( 14 Comments )

One of the key figures in  the company expected to frack the UK’s first gas well for nearly seven years has resigned as a director.

Three generations of family found guilty over Lancs anti-fracking protest

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 24, 2018 • ( 35 Comments )

Three generations of the same family have been found guilty of obstructing the highway outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire.

Lancs councillors unanimously oppose Cuadrilla’s new traffic plans for Roseacre Wood fracking site

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 24, 2018 • ( 32 Comments )

Lancashire councillors voted unanimously this morning against a revised traffic management scheme for Cuadrilla’s proposed fracking site at Roseacre Wood near Blackpool.

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