In this week’s update: Leaders of an Australian anti-drilling blockade visit Lancashire Protests at West Sussex site as rig is installed Scotland’s Knitting Grannies outside the Scottish Parliament Anti-fracking demonstrators gather at Cuadrilla’s offices First Preston New Road lock-on trial begins Petition hand-in at Cuadrilla contractor Please let […]
Opponents of oil exploration at a site in West Sussex have called for an immediate stop to work after the drill rig was installed yesterday.
Sussex Police said this evening a 61-year-old man from Lindfield had been arrested outside the oil exploration site at Broadford Bridge near Billingshurst. A spokesperson said he was suspected of obstructing the highway.
UKIP says shale gas is too great an opportunity to ignore but it has promised not to drill for it in national parks.
INEOS Shale has submitted an application for a mining waste permit for its proposed gas exploration site in the village of Marsh Lane in north east Derbyshire.
In the past few minutes, UK Oil and Gas has confirmed it has installed a drill rig at its oil exploration site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex.
The first two shale gas exploration sites in Nottinghamshire got final approval this morning.
The government misled parliament and the public over the climate change impacts of shale gas, according to new research. It suggests that ministers may even have breached their code of conduct by giving MPs inaccurate information.
As expected, the Green Party has promised to replace fracking, coal-fired power stations and nuclear with renewables.
In this week’s listings: More screenings of The Bentley Effect and performances of Fracked! Direct action workshops Election hustings and Green Party manifesto launch Reclaim the Power national gathering A E Yates petition hand-in
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