Misson decision day: key facts on IGas shale plan meeting
Nottinghamshire councillors meet in the morning to decide on the county’s first shale gas planning application.
What’s happening this week? 3-9 October 2016
Key week for fracking and onshore oil & gas: decision days for Cuadrilla’s Lancashire appeals and IGas Misson shale plans. Plus meetings, protests, demonstration, regulators’ drop-in event. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for […]
Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 30 September 2016
In this week’s Fracking Week in Parliament: Scottish Conservatives accuse the Scotland’s First Minister of “double-standards” over shale. She accuses them of wanting to “ride roughshod” over local opinion and concerns. Read the full exchange here.
IGas warning in half-year accounts
The shale company IGas has raised questions about its ability to operate as a going concern.
What Notts planners say about IGas shale scheme at Misson?
Planners have recommended approval of the first shale gas exploration plans in Nottinghamshire.
Lancashire ‘Nana’ threatened with prison during Buckingham Palace protest
An anti-fracking campaigner has been served with court papers during a tea party protest opposite Buckingham Palace.
Breaking: Planners recommend go-ahead for IGas shale gas plans for Springs Road, Misson, Notts
Planners at Nottinghamshire County Council are recommending approval of a planning application by IGas to drill for shale gas at Misson in north Nottinghamshire.
Friends of the Earth condemns leak of draft ruling that fracking leaflet was “misleading”
The front page of today’s Times reports that the Advertising Standards Authority has backed complaints about an anti-fracking leaflet by Friends of the Earth.
Labour government will ban fracking in the UK + reaction
The shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary confirmed this morning that the next Labour government would ban fracking.
What’s happening this week? 26 September – 2 October 2016
21 events this week including party conference fringe meeting and lobby, Meet the Regulators’ information session, film screenings, campaign launch, council recommendation on IGas shale gas plan in Nottinghamshire, consultation deadline, lobby of Scottish parliament and tea party opposite Buckingham Palace.
DRILL OR DROP? 