Residents warn of legal action if government relaxes fracking quake rules
The government’s rejection of Cuadrilla’s call for a relaxation of rules on earthquakes caused by fracking has been welcomed tonight by campaigners in Lancashire.
November 2018 drilling headlines
Fracking is now underway at Cuadrilla’s s site near Blackpool, the government faces a legal challenge to its proposals to fast-track planning decisions and campaigners prepare for the next phase of their fight against shale gas.
Events diary – November 2018 and beyond
40+ events about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning, including: Legal challenge against ministerial statements on planning rules for shale gas; Regional meeting for anti-fracking groups in South Yorkshire and E Midlands; Surrey countryside symposium; End of consultation on Lancashire minerals plan Reclaim the Power national […]
Plans to fast track fracking are “irresponsible and downright bonkers” – MP tells minister
The Conservative MP whose constituency includes Cuadrilla’s fracking site has urged the government to scrap its proposals designed to speed up shale gas decisions.
Minister updates fracking “myth buster” on earthquakes
The energy minister, Claire Perry, has revised her “myth buster” about shale gas and fracking, apparently to take account a series of earthquakes near Cuadrilla’s site in Lancashire.
Government urged to suspend Lancashire fracking over earthquakes
Councillors and campaigners in Lancashire are calling on the government to halt fracking at Cuadrilla’s shale gas near Blackpool following a series of earth tremors of increasing strength.
Largest tremor so far stops Cuadrilla’s fracking again
Cuadrilla had to stop fracking again this morning because of another earth tremor – the biggest recorded so far.
The shadow of Preese Hall over UK fracking regulations
Cuadrilla’s current fracking site in Lancashire passed a milestone on Friday.
First red-level tremor at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
A 0.8 magnitude earth tremor was recorded today near Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road on the edge of Blackpool.
Third Energy’s accounts reveal “financial melt down”, say campaigners
The government should refuse consent for Third Energy’s fracking plans in North Yorkshire, campaigners said this morning in response to publication of the company’s annual accounts.
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