BBC fined £28,000 for contempt of court after broadcasting footage of Horse Hill court hearing
The BBC has been fined £28,000 for broadcasting six seconds of recorded video of the online High Court case about oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey.
“Oil prices to remain low and very volatile”
The former head of BP and the fracking firm Cuadrilla has warned that oil prices will remain low for “some considerable time”.
Many complaints about “unfair” and “biased” BBC programme on Balcombe anti-fracking protests
A radio programme which claimed it would to set the record straight about reporting of 2013 anti-fracking protests in Balcombe has itself attracted “many complaints” about accuracy and bias.
“We’d ban fracking if we had the power” – SNP
The Scottish government would ban fracking if it had the legal power to do so, a senior member of the Scottish National Party has said.
Angus Energy complaint against BBC over disputed oil well dismissed by watchdog
The media regulator, Ofcom, has not upheld a complaint by Angus Energy about a BBC report on a sidetrack oil well drilled at Brockham in Surrey.
Question Time in Blackpool asks: ‘Who decides on fracking?’
Who should decide on fracking came under the spotlight on BBC Question Time from Blackpool last night.
Fund opens in memory of Radio Lancs journalist
A fund has opened in memory of Steve Becker, the journalist from BBC Radio Lancashire, who died on his way to the final day of the Cuadrilla fracking inquiry.
Media polls show majority opposed to fracking
6th March 2014 Polls by a BBC TV programme and a regional newspaper both recorded a majority against fracking, but with very different margins.
Energy prices, shale gas and a campaign of misinformation
When the energy company SSE put prices up last week by an average of 8.2%, it blamed, among other things, government-imposed green levies collected through gas and electricity bills. Three days later, the company told the FT that government green energy policies would put up bills by £26 […]
Fracking timeline – September 2013
28/9/13 Planning permission expires Cuadrilla’s planning permission from West Sussex County Council to explore for hydrocarbons at Lower Stumble Farm, Balcombe, expires.
