Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Cuadrilla’s bid to delay restoration of Lancashire fracking site – details published
Plans by Cuadrilla for a two-year delay in restoring its controversial fracking site near Blackpool were published today.
Fracking moratorium – a timeline
Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.
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Helen Savage responds to government support for fracking from the West Sussex village of Balcombe, scene of anti-fracking protests in summer 2013.
What Liz Truss said about fracking in Lancashire this morning
The prime minister repeatedly said fracking must be with local consent when she was interviewed about fracking this morning by BBC Radio Lancashire. But she refused to rule it out in the county.
“Significant knowledge gaps” makes forecasting fracking earthquakes “a scientific challenge” – BGS
Forecasting earthquakes caused by fracking is still “a scientific challenge”, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said in a report published today.
Government says people living near fracking sites should tolerate more risk and disturbance in the national interest
The UK government formally lifted the moratorium on fracking in England this morning.
E Midlands fracks could supply 3m homes in a year and be less prone to earthquakes- IGas
The shale gas company, IGas, said today it could drill 80 wells by this time next year, with the “right government support”.
UK shale gas won’t help energy prices – advisors tell PM
Government advisors have told the new prime minister the UK can’t rely on shale gas to solve the cost-of-living crisis.
“In due course” – latest on government fracking review
The government will publish the review of scientific evidence on fracking and decide on the next steps “in due course”, the energy minister Greg Hands said this week.
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