Harthill villagers at High Court in challenge to shale gas permission
A legal challenge to the decision to allow shale gas exploration in the south Yorkshire village of Harthill will be heard at the High Court in this morning.
Breaking: High Court quashes Friends of the Earth challenge to Cuadrilla’s fracking permit
The campaign organisation, Friends of the Earth, has lost its legal challenge to one of key consents that allowed Cuadrilla to frack the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well.
Women win right to appeal against UKOG protest injunction
Six women have won the right to appeal against an injunction on direct action protests at oil sites in Sussex and Surrey.
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.
Updated: National Trust drops objection to Ineos seismic surveys at Clumber Park
Updated 21/12/2018. The National Trust has withdrawn its opposition to seismic testing by Ineos at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
Angus and IGas protest injunctions renewed at High Court
Injunctions sought against protests at sites operated by IGas and Angus Energy has been renewed by a High Court judge.
IGas injunction on anti-fracking protests is most restrictive yet – High Court told
An injunction sought by the shale gas company, IGas, represents the “high water mark” of restrictions against protests, a challenger claimed today.
Trespassers face bigger penalties at UK fracking sites than Buckingham Palace, court told
Injunctions mean that people who trespass on a UK fracking site face a bigger maximum penalty than if they committed the same offence at Buckingham Palace, the High Court was told today.
Criminal law doesn’t work for anti-fracking protests, High Court told
Two oil and gas companies argued today that only a High Court injunction would stop protests at drilling sites across England.
December 2018 drilling headlines
Drilling for shale gas is underway at Tinker Lane in Nottinghamshire and site construction has begun at Biscathorpe in Lincolnshire. Rathlin Energy has given notice of work starting at its West Newton-A site. December could see Cuadrilla resume fracking at Preston New Road. There are also High Court hearings […]
