Anti-fracking campaigners outside Lancashire County Council
Reports and pictures from the meetings that will decide Cuadrilla’s fracking applications on DrillOrDrop.com
Unite to join Frack-Free Lancashire demonstration in Preston
Britain’s largest union, Unite, has urged Lancashire County Council to block Cuadrilla’s applications to frack at two sites in the Fylde.
Lancs councillors warned of pollution risks of fracking
Councillors who will decide Cuadrilla’s fracking applications in Lancashire later this week have been sent a new report which says shale gas exploration is potentially a significant source of air, land and water pollution.
Council accused of unfairness and bias against opponents of Cuadrilla’s fracking applications
Some opponents of Cuadrilla’s plans to frack in the Fylde have suggested Lancashire County Council’s decision-making process is unfair and biased in favour of the company.
Who will and who won’t be deciding Cuadrilla’s fracking applications?
A councillor who accused the government of undermining Lancashire’s decisions on fracking is no longer a member of the committee that will vote on Cuadrilla’s applications next week.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 19th June 2015
Transcripts of parliamentary questions and debates on fracking and onshore oil and gas for the week ending 19th June 2015. Post-abandonment monitoring Waste water treatment Fracking revenues for Lancashire Exploration licences and planning approval With thanks to TheyWorkForYou.com
Government ordered to release redacted fracking report in full
The Information Commissioner has ordered the Department of Environment to release its full report on the impact of fracking on the rural economy.
Don’t turn our back on fracking, says Chancellor
George Osborne told MPs yesterday Britain would be “condemned” to higher energy bills and fewer jobs if it turned its back on fracking.
Horse Hill: another report, another estimate of oil in play
UK Oil & Gas, one of the companies behind the Horse Hill well near Gatwick, announced this morning a new estimate of up to 9.2bn barrels of oil in its licence areas.
Dart Energy fails to block cross-examination by Dudleston campaigners at planning inquiry
Dart Energy will have to face cross-examination by a local campaign group in its planning dispute over coal bed methane exploration in Shropshire.
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