In this week’s listings: 20 meetings, protests, exhibitions and presentations. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Events listing for the rest of April and beyond here
In this review of what politicians said in parliament: Graham Jones: local people know best – so why not on fracking? Baroness Jones: arrests at the Barton Moss anti-fracking protests Paul Wheelhouse updates the Scottish Parliament on unconventional oiland gas With thanks to TheyWorkForYou.com for the transcripts
Lancashire County Council has cut the speed limit on Preston New Road outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site amid concerns about the safety of protesters and motorists.
Councillors in Nottinghamshire have backed IGas’s plans for a second shale gas site in the county – but by a margin of just one vote.
The pro-fracking GMB union said today it had written to political leaders urging them to make sure the police and judiciary took “a firm line” with protesters that targeted shale gas suppliers.
In this week’s listings: Nottinghamshire County Council considers IGas shale gas plans for Tinker Lane Europa’s plans for oil exploration near Leith Hill on the agenda at Surrey County Council Leeds debate on fracking Plus deadlines, court appearances, presentations, film screenings, workshops, protests
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
In this Fracking Week in Parliament: Bonds for fracking sites Fracking and climate change in Scotland
A council in what could be one of the country’s leading shale gas areas has agreed a new policy document to help it deal with planning applications.
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.
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