New data on policing costs and arrests at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Lancashire Police has said its operations at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool will cost an extra £450,000 a month.
March 2017 drilling headlines
DrillOrDrop’s monthly digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas
Protest update: 3-9 April 2017
In this update of protests about fracking and the onshore oil and gas industry: Reclaim the Power’s Break the Chain protest at fracking supply companies Tanker protest at Preston New Road and more arrests
Balcombe update: “Lancashire comes first” for Cuadrilla
Cuadrilla has confirmed that no work will be carried out at its oil exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex before May this year.
What’s happening this week? 27 March-2 April 2017
In this week’s listings: The start of Reclaim The Power’s Break the Chain fortnight of direct action against supply companies to the fracking industry UK onshore oil and gas: Policy, planning and future developments conference in Birmingham Angus Energy AGM Bez visits protection camps and Cuadrilla’s fracking site near […]
Cuadrilla reveals details of tests on Balcombe oil well
A month-long public consultation began today on regulation of Cuadrilla’s plans to test its exploratory oil well at Balcombe in West Sussex.
Protest update: 13-19 March 2017
In this week’s post: Two lorry lock-on protests at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site Friday against fracking event New Hope Community Action Camp established
Shale gas regulation is not “up to scratch” – High Court challenge to Lancs fracking consent
The Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, should not have approved Cuadrilla’s fracking plans because shale gas regulation was not good enough, the High Court heard this afternoon.
Cuadrilla’s Lancs shale gas exploration plans were “production in disguise” – High Court told
The legal challenge against the government over permission to frack for shale gas in Lancashire heard this morning that the exploration plans were “production in disguise”.
Anti-fracking campaigners gather at court for challenge against government on shale gas consent
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s fracking plans near Blackpool have gathered outside the High Court in Manchester for a challenge against the Communities’ Secretary, Sajid Javid.
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