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

Two Cuadrilla companies struck off

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 3, 2026

Reabold takeover of Union Jack agreed

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 1, 2026

Meeting on new gas plan in national park

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 30, 2026

Waddock Cross update

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 26, 2026

Angus debt restructuring deal signed

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 24, 2026

Government warned transition to clean electricity is not fast enough

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 24, 2026

COP27: “Dash for gas is a dash down a bridge to nowhere” – Al Gore

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The former US vice president, Al Gore, speaking on the opening day of the COP27 climate talks, criticised the world’s addiction to fossil fuels. He told world leaders meeting at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt: “We must see the so-called ‘dash for gas’ for what it really is: a […]

COP27: UN secretary-general calls for windfall tax on fossil fuel companies

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The UN secretary-general has called on all industrialised countries to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies.

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.

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