Happy Christmas from DrillOrDrop.com
Thank you for supporting independent journalism on DrillOrDrop.com during 2018.
Councils can use climate change evidence to reject fracking, government lawyer tells High Court
English local councils can reject national policy on fracking if they have evidence that the process contributes to climate change, a government barrister conceded today.
Two more breaches of permit rules at Cuadrilla fracking site
The Environment Agency (EA) has reported two minor breaches of the Cuadrilla’s environmental permit when it carried out a site visit at Preston New Road in October.
Government ignored new evidence on climate impacts of fracking – court told
The government ignored new science on the climate change impact of shale gas sites when it revised planning policy on fracking, the High Court in London heard today.
Cuadrilla tight-lipped on future of fracking as equipment moved off Preston New Road
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, confirmed that some equipment from its Preston New Road site near Blackpool was being demobilised today.
Picture post: Nativity style protest at government’s fracking policy
Fashion designer, Dame Vivienne Westwood, and her son, Joe Corre, took part in a Christmas-themed protest against government planning policy outside the Royal Courts of Justice this morning.
Government fracking policy faces more legal challenges
The government is being challenged in the High Court this week over its planning policy on fracking.
Lancashire fracking votes: “watershed moment for shale” or “political manipulation”?
Two sides of the fracking debate have responded strongly today following votes on earth tremors and protest policing at last night’s meeting of Lancashire County Council.
“Fracking earth tremor felt like a car hitting building” – council told
The largest earth tremor linked to fracking at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire felt like a “car hitting a building at speed”, Lancashire councillors were told today.
Lancashire calls for government funding of anti-fracking protest policing
Councillors in Lancashire are to ask the Home Secretary to pay for policing at anti-fracking protests from central government funding.
DRILL OR DROP? 