Fracking firms not trusted by local communities, study reveals
Most people living near two proposed shale gas sites did not trust information from fracking companies, research has shown.
Most people living near two proposed shale gas sites did not trust information from fracking companies, research has shown.
The Good Law Project announced this morning it was supporting the community group, Protect Dunsfold, in its bid to challenge a government decision to allow exploratory drilling for gas on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
A group of backbench Conservatives has urged the government to ease the planning laws on shale gas schemes.
Detailed plans for one of the UK’s largest onshore oil production schemes in recent years have been published.
This post has links to more than 70 studies, briefings and research papers on fracking and the UK onshore oil and gas industry published since 2018.
Plans to produce oil for 25 years near the village of Puddletown in Dorset have prompted local objections and national concerns.
The anti-fracking campaign, Frack Free Lancashire, has criticised yesterday’s eviction of a protest camp near Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site.
DrillOrDrop has compiled reaction to the government’s statement on a immediate moratorium on fracking. We have comments from community groups, campaigners, academics, politicians and the shale gas industry. Full report on the government statement
It started with a dead puppy. This prompted nurse and single mother Stacey Haney to investigate whether her family was being poisoned by a shale gas site near her home in rural Pennsylvania.
Residents in the Surrey village of Dunsfold have described plans for a proposed oil and gas site as “confused and muddled”.