Frack site restoration record
DrillOrDrop will be posting updates here as a record of the clean-up of Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
Council unanimously opposes West Newton fracking
East Yorkshire this afternoon unanimously opposed fracking in the county.
MPs seek block on all forms of fracking
A group of MPs is campaigning to stop all forms of fracking in England by including them in the moratorium.
Conservative peer Lord Deben intervenes in High Court legal challenge against government climate plans
Lord Deben, the Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee, has made a dramatic intervention at the High Court in support of a legal challenge that accuses the government of breaching the Climate Change Act.
February 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with February 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Follow COP28
DrillOrDrop’s digest of headlines from the international climate conference in Dubai, 30 November-12 December 2023.
October 2023 headlines
Keep up to date with October 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Former frack site revealed as green energy pioneer
A controversial former fracking pad that divided a North Yorkshire community has become a test site for geothermal energy production.
July 2023 headlines
Keep up to date with July 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
N Yorks Tories block opposition motion on fracking
A proposal to condemn fracking as “inappropriate” in North Yorkshire failed this afternoon.
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