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Independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

Centrica plans battery storage at HQ of former fracking company

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 25, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

Another call for earlier ban on flaring in oil and gas fields

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 13, 2023 • ( 16 Comments )

Judges dismiss challenge to $1.15bn UK investment in Mozambique gas scheme

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 13, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

MPs call for ban on oil and gas industry flaring by 2025

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 5, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

Siccar Point Energy founder joins IGas

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 4, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Saltfleetby gas – quarterly volume of 5.6m therms

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 3, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

West Sussex councillors advised to reject call for frack-free zone

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 16, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

West Sussex councillors will be advised tomorrow to refuse to declare the county a frack free zone. A petition with more than 3,500 signatures urging the county to make itself frack free will be debated by the full council at its meeting in Horsham.

MP condemns Celtique over Wisborough Green/Kirdford drilling plans and hopes it will lose appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 16, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The MP for two West Sussex villages where Celtique Energie wants to drill for oil and gas said he hoped the company would lose its appeal against a refusal of planning permission. He also criticised Celtique for failing to reply to his letters.

Guest post: Scientists refute lower emissions claim for fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Alex Kirby, of the Climate News Network, reports on a new study which warns that fracking will not rescue us from climate change because increased production of gas and rising demand for it will result in higher, not lower emissions. The argument that fracking can help to reduce […]

Reaction to Celtique Energie appeal

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Friends of the Earth campaigner, Brenda Pollack, gave this reaction to news that Celtique Energie has appealed against the refusal by West Sussex County Council of its planning application to drill near Wisborough Green: “This appeal will cast a dark shadow over the lives of local residents who […]

Celtique appeals against Wisborough Green drilling decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Celtique Energie has confirmed it will appeal against the decision by West Sussex County Council to refuse planning permission for an exploration well near the villages of Kirdford and Wisborough Green. The company said in a statement it believed the decision was “fundamentally unsound”.

IGas unveils drilling expansion plans for Surrey

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

IGas is publicising plans today to start producing oil and gas from one of its exploration sites in Surrey. The company is holding an information meeting about its plans to extend part of the Bletchingley oil field, east of Redhill, and to convert the wells from appraisal to […]

Government accused of relying on industry to regulate fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Labour accused the government yesterday of taking a “lackadaisical” approach to regulating fracking by relying on voluntary agreements with the industry.

Amendment allows underground waste dumping without permission, campaigners say

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 13, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

Anti-fracking campaigners say new government proposals could allow drilling companies to dump waste under private land without the owners’ permission.

East Sussex rejects frack-free call

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 13, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

East Sussex County Council has rejected calls for a ban on fracking in the county. This morning the lead cabinet member for transport and environment, Carl Maynard, turned down a request in a petition calling for the refusal of any attempt at fracking in East Sussex.

Global Frackdown and other Fracking Diary events

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 10, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Saturday October 11th Global Frackdown Day UK event details  Friends of the Earth events

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