Tory anger at lifting fracking moratorium – what MPs said
Conservative MPs in shale gas areas have reacted angrily to the announcement by Jacob Rees-Mogg, that the moratorium on fracking had been lifted.
MPs to debate government plans to fast-track fracking
Government proposals to relax the planning rules for shale gas sites are due to be discussed for the first time in the chamber of the House of Commons.
Local authorities are best placed to decide on fracking plans – MPs report
Moving decisions on fracking plans to a national level contradicts the principles of localism and would probably exacerbate mistrust between communities and the industry, MPs said today.
Involving the public in fracking decisions – minister quizzed
Fracking Week in Parliament: DrillOrDrop review of parliamentary questions and debates. The Environment Minister, David Rutley, was questioned in parliament this week about consulting the public on fracking.
Weekend long read: Is shale gas nationally important and should decisions be taken out of local control?
The shale gas industry and its opponents had a rare moment of agreement in a committee room in Westminster this week.
Shale gas will bring wholesale industrialisation and change the countryside for decades, Tory MP tells debate
The Conservative MP for INEOS’s first proposed shale gas site has told the government “we do not want the kind of industrialisation this would bring”.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 11th December 2015
In this Fracking Week in Westminster: Call for ban on fracking in ancient woodlands Government denies new law would allow “backdoor fracking” in National Parks Fylde MP questions government over Cuadrilla’s fracking appeals Private Members’ Bill on fracking regulation Fracking and TTIP Fracking and the Housing and […]
Government denies new law for national parks is “backdoor to fracking”
The local government minister, James Wharton, denied yesterday afternoon that new legislation would allow fracking in national parks.
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