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EA issues revised Burniston fracking assessment

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2026

Brockham workover notice

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 14, 2026

Rathlin accounts delayed

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 13, 2026

EA fails to satisfy critics after admitting flaws in Burniston fracking report

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 5, 2026

Reabold takeover fails

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 2, 2026

Reabold outlines West Newton plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 30, 2026

North Yorks council meeting shelved after protest over fracking question

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 11 Comments )

A North Yorkshire County Council meeting was suspended this morning when opponents of fracking demanded action to address concerns about imminent operations at a site near their homes.

Live updates: Egdon’s Wressle planning inquiry Day 6

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

Live updates from the final scheduled day of the public inquiry into plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from its site at Wressle in Lincolnshire.

UKOG announces £10m loan to fund Weald oil exploration

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 13 Comments )

The leading oil exploration company in the Weald in southern England announced this morning it had taken out a £10m loan.

Council ordered to release “strictest confidence” email on INEOS shale gas plans in N Yorkshire

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 15, 2017 • ( 20 Comments )

North Yorkshire County Council has been ordered to release correspondence about exploration plans by Britain’s biggest shale gas company.

Live updates: Egdon’s Wressle planning inquiry Day 5

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 14, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

Live updates from day 5 of the public inquiry into plans by Egdon Resources to produce oil from its site at Wressle in Lincolnshire. Today’s session is expected to  hear the cross-examination of Egdon’s planning witness, Paul Foster. Egdon is appealing against refusals of planning permission by North Lincolnshire […]

Egdon seeks to reassure residents after challenges to Wressle oil production plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 13, 2017 • ( 7 Comments )

People living around the Wressle well site near Scunthorpe have received a detailed letter from the operator, Egdon Resources, as a public inquiry into oil production plans goes into its second week.

Letters call for fracking ban as Third Energy waits to fracture well in Yorkshire village

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 13, 2017 • ( 32 Comments )

As Third Energy prepares for the UK’s first high volume hydraulic fracture for six years, nearly 200 organisations have called for an immediate stop on all fracking activities.

What’s happening this week? 13-19 November 2017

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 12, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

In this week’s listings Anti-fracking rally at Ellesmere Port; Continuing inquiry into Egdon Resources plans for Wressle site near Scunthorpe; Trial of 13 people who took part in a lock-on at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in July; Labour Party day of action outside Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton fracking site; […]

Updated: Local people should have greater say in decisions – Government response on shale wealth fund

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 11, 2017 • ( 43 Comments )

Updated 13 November 2017 with reaction to the shale wealth fund proposals Communities should have greater control of the decisions that affect them, the government said today in its response to a consultation on the proposed shale wealth fund.

MPs quiz ministers on fracking baselines, monitoring, climate tests and planning changes

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 10, 2017 • ( 29 Comments )

Fracking Week in Parliament 6-10 November 2017. The Green Party’s MP, Caroline Lucas, pressed ministers this week on whether Third Energy’s plans for fracking at Kirby Misperton had passed tests required by the regulators.

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