A retired academic has raised enough money to bring a legal challenge against Glasgow University, which he accuses of trying to stifle his opposition to fracking.
A community group has given notice that it is planning a legal challenge to the extension of an oil and gas exploration licence in West Sussex.
South Western Energy has confirmed it is pulling out of onshore gas exploration in parts of south west England.
A veteran US shale geologist now working with INEOS has raised doubts about fracking in a key area of the UK.
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A retired bishop who lives half a mile from Third Energy’s approved fracking site in North Yorkshire told a parliamentary group yesterday that community benefits would not compensate his village for the impacts of fracking.
As expected, the company behind the so-called Gatwick Gusher oil well in Surrey, has confirmed it is preparing to submit a planning application for oil production in the South Downs National Park.
Two Conservative MPs from shale gas areas have called for an upper limit on the number of fracking sites in exploration licence blocks.
Seismic surveying in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire could start at the end of this month.
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