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10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it

Council issues formal Burniston refusal

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 15, 2026

Horse Hill production application – publication expected next month

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 13, 2026

Ban must “shut the door” on all forms of fracking – campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 13, 2026

“Everyone can do something, however small” – advice to Foxholes gas opponents

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 12, 2026

New ground added to West Newton fracking challenge

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

Shrinking assets and cash – UKOG delayed accounts

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 5, 2026

COP27: Boris Johnson criticises net zero sceptics who want to “frack the hell out of the British countryside”

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( 14 Comments )

“This is not the moment to abandon the campaign for net zero”, the former UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, told the opening day of the COP27 climate talks in Egypt.

Latest onshore oil production – July 2022

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( 4 Comments )

DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore oil data for July 2022: daily production falls at Wytch Farm to the lowest level for 10 years and the Gatwick Gusher slows to a trickle.

Fracking moratorium – a timeline

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.

November 2022 headlines

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 3, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Keep up to date with November 2022’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.

Government fails to lead the way to net zero emissions – MPs

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 2, 2022 • ( 14 Comments )

The UK government is failing in its commitment that the public sector should “lead by example” on decarbonisation, MPs said today.

Tributes paid to former MEP Keith Taylor

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 1, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

The former Green Party MEP and environmental campaigner, Keith Taylor, has died, aged 69.

Cuadrilla’s fracking site should be abandoned – campaigners

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 31, 2022 • ( 36 Comments )

Anti-fracking groups in Lancashire are calling on the government and regulators to order the permanent plugging and abandonment of wells at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site.

Air pollution increased 274% during pre-fracking operations at Kirby Misperton – new study

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 34 Comments )

Preparation for fracking at a site in a North Yorkshire village saw nitrogen oxides pollution peak to levels comparable with the morning rush hour in North Kensington, research has revealed.

Fracking industry warns “great economic, environmental and geopolitical cost” from renewed moratorium

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 32 Comments )

The shale gas lobbying organisation has accused the government of dealing in “ideology and fiction” by reinstating the moratorium on fracking.

IGas hints at legal action as government issues new WMS on fracking moratorium

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2022 • ( 22 Comments )

The new business secretary has formally reinstated the moratorium on fracking in England.

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