“We are fighting for our community” –villagers celebrate another vote against shale gas and INEOS
The UK’s biggest shale gas company, INEOS, has suffered another vote against its exploration plans.
Live news updates: Rotherham councillors vote unanimously against INEOS shale gas plans for Woodsetts
Live updates on the Rotherham Borough Council meeting discussing the INEOS planning application for a shale gas well at Woodsetts.
New meeting date and deadline for permit consultation on oil drilling near Leith Hill, Surrey
The Environment Agency has re-arranged a public information meeting about Europa’s oil exploration plans in Surrey, after last week’s event was cancelled.
UKOG seeks injunction to ban protests that aim to damage its business
The exploration company, UK Oil and Gas, has applied for a wide-reaching injunction against anti-drilling protests at sites in West Sussex and Surrey.
100,000-signature petition against Leith Hill oil drilling to be handed to Environment Agency
Updated 28/2/2018: The Environment Agency has cancelled the Dorking event because of bad weather Opponents of drilling for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey are to hand in a petition on Thursday with what could be more than 100,000 signatures.
INEOS refuses to rule out fracking under North York Moors – what the company told the national park
Planners in the North York Moors appealed to INEOS to abandon plans to explore for shale gas under the national park. But according to minutes of a meeting last month INEOS refused.
UKOG confirms surrender of Isle of Wight exploration licence – six weeks after it happened
UK Oil and Gas Investments Plc announced this morning it was not seeking a time extension of an exploration licence, off the south west coast of the Isle of Wight.
New data on the costs and benefits of shale gas exploration in Lancashire
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, announced today it had spent a total of £6.8m in the Lancashire economy in the past two years. But new figures show the cost of policing outside the company’s Preston New Road site near Blackpool reached almost £6m for a single year.
Church of England has no official policy on fracking and is not seeking shale gas applications, parliament told
Fracking Week in Parliament The Church of England has no formal policy on fracking and no plans to use its land for shale gas exploration, a senior official told parliament last week.
Update on Europa’s drilling plans near Leith Hill: new consultation, permit petition and extended injunction
A new year and a new public consultation is underway in the long-running attempt by Europa to explore for oil near Leith Hill in Surrey.
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