Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 19th February 2016
In this week’s Fracking Week in Westminster: the government says community involvement in fracking planning applications remains paramount.
Key issues from Week 2 of the Cuadrilla fracking inquiry
As the public inquiry into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans nears its half way stage, DrillOrDrop looks back at the key issues from Week 2, starting with the session for public comments. Inquiry background and links
Guest photo post: Horse Hill rally
Photographer David Burr took these pictures at today’s protest rally outside the Horse Hill exploratory oil site near Gatwick.
Gloucestershire says no to fracking and 87,000 call on Wiltshire to do the same
Gloucestershire councillors are to call on the government to ban fracking in their county.
Photos: Lock-on protest at Horse Hill
An anti-drilling protester locked himself on to a tanker visiting the Horse Hill exploratory oil site near Gatwick this morning.
Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 8 – landscape
Live news as it happens at the eighth day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans for the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our Inquiry page for more information, posts and links.
Will shale gas frack the Lancs economy?
The public inquiry into Cuadrilla’s plans to frack at two sites in the Fylde area of Lancashire has examined the likely economic impacts.
Environment Agency statement on Horse Hill smell
On Tuesday, we reported on complaints made by people living near the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey about a hydrocarbon smell that coincided with a flow test of the well.
Live updates from Cuadrilla fracking inquiry Day 7 – business
Live news as it happens at the seventh day of the inquiry at Blackpool Football Club into Cuadrilla’s fracking plans for the Fylde area of Lancashire. Check our Inquiry page for more information, posts and links. The inquiry is examining Cuadrilla’s plans to drill and frack at Preston New Road and Roseacre […]
First evening session of Cuadrilla’s fracking inquiry – the opponents
Live updates from the first evening session of the Cuadrilla fracking inquiry. Watched by Cuadrilla’s Francis Egan and officers from Lancashire County Council, 20 members of the public told the Inspector Wendy McKay why they opposed the Roseacre Wood schemes. You can read what four supporters of the […]
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