Schools in an area of Derbyshire where INEOS wants to explore for shale gas severed their link with a sports campaign formed by the company’s owner after complaints from parents.
The shale gas company, INEOS, warned anti-fracking campaigners that attempts to delay its operations would not work.
Nottinghamshire County Council announced today it had added restrictions on where and how INEOS can carry out 3D seismic surveys.
INEOS has confirmed it will begin seismic surveys for shale gas next month in parts of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough.
INEOS has confirmed that it submitted its first planning application for a shale gas well in the UK yesterday.
The Conservatives have made big gains in the county council elections in areas in the frontline of fracking for shale gas.
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The two sides of the fracking debate made their case in a small village in north Derbyshire this afternoon.
Parish councillors in the area picked by INEOS for what could be its first shale gas planning application have voted unanimously against the proposals.
An eight year old boy has written to the Prime Minister asking her to prevent fracking near his new home in Derbyshire.
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