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Happy Christmas 2025 from DrillOrDrop

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 24, 2025

Call for delay to Burniston gas decision over planning policy shift

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 22, 2025

Government to rule on Waddock Cross environmental study

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 18, 2025

Horse Hill – key details delayed

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 17, 2025

Breaking: Oil companies drop Biscathorpe appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 15, 2025

UKOG reveals reasons for Weald licence surrender

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 12, 2025

Schools in Derbyshire shale gas area cut link with INEOS charity running scheme

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 8, 2017 • ( 17 Comments )

Schools in an area of Derbyshire where INEOS wants to explore for shale gas severed their link with a sports campaign formed by the company’s owner after complaints from parents.

Second legal challenge over Lancs fracking site goes to Court of Appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 8, 2017 • ( 7 Comments )

Anti-fracking campaigner Gayzer Frackman has won the right to pursue his legal challenge against permission for Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site.

Double attack on Conservative manifesto fracking promises

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 7, 2017 • ( 31 Comments )

A former Conservative parliamentary candidate and leading establishment figure has condemned the Tory manifesto pledges in support of fracking.

Interview: INEOS tells opponents “delay tactics won’t work – we’re not going anywhere”

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 7, 2017 • ( 52 Comments )

The shale gas company, INEOS, warned anti-fracking campaigners that attempts to delay its operations would not work.

Supplier to Lancs shale gas site pulls out of contract after single delivery

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 6, 2017 • ( 64 Comments )

A company supplying fuel to Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire has announced it is pulling out of the contract.

Community group wins right to continue legal fight against fracking in Lancashire

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 6, 2017 • ( 30 Comments )

A Lancashire residents’ group is to fight on in with its legal challenge to permission for fracking at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool.

Three arrested after lock-on protest at UKOG’s Broadford Bridge site

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 5, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

Two men and a woman were arrested after chaining themselves together outside the gates to an oil exploration site near Billingshurst in West Sussex.

What’s happening this week? 5-11 June 2017

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

In this week’s events listing: UK book launch of Frackopoly More screenings of The Bentley Effect Oil and gas conferences Anti-drilling direct action training workshops Fracking information meetings Oxford Geology Group lecture Plus planning sessions and fundraisers.

Claims of “unpredictable policing” at Broadford Bridge oil drilling protest

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 2, 2017 • ( 54 Comments )

The organisation which monitors protest policing has raised concerns about tactics by officers at opposition to onshore drilling in West Sussex. Netpol said Sussex Police had described a section of road on the route to the Broadford Bridge oil exploration site near Billingshurst as a “tolerated slow walking area”. […]

Notts shale update: legal agreements published + extra restrictions on seismic surveys

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 2, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

Nottinghamshire County Council announced today it had added restrictions on where and how INEOS can carry out 3D seismic surveys.

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