Lancashire refuses to extend planning permission at Cuadrilla shale gas site
Councillors in Lancashire have turned down the latest of multiple applications from Cuadrilla for more time to restore a shale gas site near the Ribble Estuary.
Guest post by DeSmog UK: Cuadrilla’s fracking vehicles took wrong turn 115 times in three months, documents reveal
Article by Mat Hope, DeSmog UK When Communities Secretary Sajid Javid overruled local objections to push ahead with the government’s shale gas plans, residents were assured planning conditions placed on fracking company Cuadrilla would be sufficient to minimise disruption to the local community.
Updated: Angus Energy to apply for planning consent for disputed Brockham oil well
Updated 26 October 2017 with statement from Oil & Gas Authority and 17 November 2017 with document released by Surrey County Council Angus Energy has announced it will submit a planning application for a disputed oil well drilled in January this year.
North Yorkshire seeks Government assurances over cost of policing fracking protests as latest data released
The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire is seeking assurances from the Government that it will contribute to the costs of policing anti-fracking protests in the county.
Advertising watchdog upholds one complaint against INEOS Shale but dismisses two others
The advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint against the shale gas company, INEOS Upstream, over a statement it made in local newspaper supplements distributed across the East Midlands.
“Burning throat, nausea, headaches: the effect on my family from a smell at Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton site”
As Third Energy prepares to frack a well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire, a villager describes what happened last week when her family was affected by a smell from the site. DrillOrDrop asked Third Energy about the incident. You can read it’s statement at the end of […]
Scottish Parliament backs moratorium on fracking
Members of the Scottish Parliament have backed an indefinite moratorium on fracking and unconventional oil and gas.
A complex tale of thumper trucks, leaks and dirty bath water
Last week, the Bolsover MP, Dennis Skinner, asked the prime minister to investigate drinking water problems in an area of his constituency where the shale gas company INEOS had been carrying out seismic surveys.
Council confirms Angus oil production scheme at Brockham does not have planning permission
Surrey County Council is standing by its position that Angus Energy does not have planning permission for oil production from a well at its Brockham site, despite an announcement of “final go-ahead” this morning.
Protest update: 23-29 October 2017
In this week’s update on protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: INEOS injunction protest at Woodsetts Lorry protest at Preston New Road and Kirby Misperton Lock-ons at Kirby Misperton Anti-fracking campaigners make first court appearance
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