Government’s fracking regulations threaten National Park protection – Labour peer
A Labour member of the House of Lords has accused the government of weakening the law protecting National Parks through its regulations on fracking.
Fracking Week In Westminster – w/e 20th November 2015
In this Fracking Week in Westminster: Questions and statements on Shale and national security Fracking in Ryedale Carbon capture and storage Divestment from fossil fuels Sovereign wealth fund Coal gasification Fracking in protected areas
Likely decision on N Yorks fracking plan delayed to February
A decision on Third Energy’s plan to frack at Kirby Misperton is unlikely to be made until at least February next year after North Yorkshire planners raised more concerns about the application.
Planners recommend three more years for Rathlin’s East Yorkshire drill site
Planners in East Yorkshire have said Rathlin Energy should be allowed to work at an exploratory gas site in Holderness for another three years.
Updated: Cuadrilla to abandon Becconsall site in Lancashire
Cuadrilla Resources is giving up on its exploratory shale gas site at Becconsall on the edge of the Ribble Estuary.
Amber Rudd energy policy speech: analysis and reaction
The Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, committed the government to replacing the UK’s coal-fired power stations with gas. But in a speech billed as an “energy policy reset” she made very few references to domestic shale gas.
Shale gas opponents included as signatories of pro-fracking letter – survey reports
At least 16 of the signatories of a pro-shale letter said to have come from Lancashire business leaders want their names to be removed, according to a survey.
Fracking week in Westminster – w/e 13th November 2015
In this week’s Fracking Week in Westminster Chris Matheson on his exclusion from an anti-fracking court case Jim Cunningham on estimates of UK energy from shale gas Julie Elliott on government steps to increase UK energy self-sufficiency Alan Whitehead on a ban on fracking in sensitive areas Plus […]
Messages on energy from Blackpool and Westminster
The government announced yesterday that Blackpool would become a centre of excellence for the energy sector. At the same time, a campaigner from the town invited the Prime Minister to explain the need for a shale gas industry in the area.
Rathlin Energy’s Canadian parent company “focussed on UK”
The parent company of Rathlin Energy, which is exploring for gas in East Yorkshire, is selling all its assets in Canada to focus on the UK. The Calgary-based Connaught Oil & Gas Ltd has oil wells and acreage in Alberta which it has valued at $4.22m. Sayer Energy […]
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