Protest outside SNP conference calls for fracking ban
Opponents of fracking called today on the Scottish government to ban fracking “once and for all”.
Guest post: Pedalling the PEDLs
As Ineos prepares to launch its sponsorship of Britain’s leading cycling team at next week’s Tour de Yorkshire, an opponent of the company’s fracking plans reports on his own ride through the region’s shale gas licences.
Lancashire fracking site looks like an “abandoned ghost town”, says campaign group
Anti-fracking campaigners have accused Cuadrilla of leaving local people “in the dark” as more equipment was removed off the company’s Preston New Road site this week.
Photo post: Equipment leaves Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Lorries have been taking equipment off Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool over the past two days.
No guarantor for Third Energy’s fracking and drilling plans
The government has confirmed that no guarantor is required to underwrite Third Energy’s commitments to frack one well a year in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, until 2022.
International tribunal recommends worldwide ban on fracking
A panel of judges at an internationally-recognised tribunal has urged the United Nations to ban fracking.
Cuadrilla calls for new approach to fracking earthquake rules
Cuadrilla called today for changes to the regulations on seismicity induced by fracking to take account of ground vibration.
IGas sets out vision for back-to-back shale gas development
Exploratory drilling, fracking and production could be underway at the same time across multiple wells on several pads in a shale gas field, a company suggested today.
“Fracking will struggle if it doesn’t solve landowner liability for clean-up”
The shale gas industry was warned today it must tackle the problem of who pays for decommissioning if the operator goes out of business.
Breaking: Anti-fracking campaigners win appeal against Ineos protest injunction
Anti-fracking campaigns have won a legal challenge to an injunction granted to the shale gas company, Ineos Upstream.
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