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DRILL OR DROP?

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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

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By Ruth Hayhurst on December 15, 2025

UKOG reveals reasons for Weald licence surrender

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 12, 2025

Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 4 – noise and landscape

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 12, 2016 • ( 12 Comments )

Live news as it happens at the fourth day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans in the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our Inquiry page for more information, posts and links

Anti-fracking groups criticise arrangements at Cuadrilla inquiry

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 11, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Anti-fracking campaigners say they have been denied entry to the public inquiry considering Cuadrilla’s shale gas plans in Lancashire for wearing yellow frack-free shirts and logos.

A few nights of lost sleep can make you ill, fracking inquiry hears

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 11, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

  Opponents of fracking in Lancashire argued today that a few nights of disturbed sleep could lead to health problems.

Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry day 3 – noise

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 11, 2016 • ( 14 Comments )

Live news as it happens at the third day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans in the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our Inquiry page for more information, posts and links.

MPs warn UK faces rising climate costs without CCS

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 10, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Photo: David J  Some rights reserved. Report: Paul Seaman A group of MPs said today the UK couldn’t afford to sit back and wait for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Fracking damage to tourism – but only short term, Cuadrilla inquiry hears

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 10, 2016 • ( 5 Comments )

Fracking in Lancashire could damage tourism, the second day of an inquiry into Cuadrilla’s shale gas plans heard this afternoon.

Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 2 – planning policy

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 10, 2016 • ( 11 Comments )

Live news as it happens at the second day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans in the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our Inquiry page for more information, posts and links

‘Fracking’ comes to Westminster

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 9, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Words:  Paul Seaman. Photo: Greenpeace Greenpeace has taken the fracking debate to the heart of Westminster, erecting a 10m high dummy fracking rig in a corner of Parliament Square. 

Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 1 – opening statements and planning evidence

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 9, 2016 • ( 11 Comments )

Live news as it happens at the first day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans in the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our summary page for more information, posts and links

‘Fracking through our eyes’ – photo exhibition premiers in Blackpool

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 9, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

An exhibition of photographs taken by people concerned about the impacts of fracking goes on display today in Blackpool to coincide with the opening of the inquiry into Cuadrilla’s shale gas applications. The 34 photographs in the collection are each accompanied by a statement by the photographer reflecting […]

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