Inspector backs plan to block fracking sites within 500m of N Yorks homes
If the UK government’s moratorium on fracking is lifted in the future, shale gas companies are likely to face an extra challenge in North Yorkshire.
Fracking moratorium – reaction
DrillOrDrop has compiled reaction to the government’s statement on a immediate moratorium on fracking. We have comments from community groups, campaigners, academics, politicians and the shale gas industry. Full report on the government statement
Immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk
After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry.
Fracking companies should fund surveys of homes near shale gas sites – call for law change
The government is being urged to change the law to protect people whose property is damaged by fracking.
Methane spiked at 40+ times average levels during work on Third Energy gas site
The concentration of climate-changing methane peaked when Third Energy carried out maintenance on a North Yorkshire gas site, researchers have found.
Call for fracking ban after 2.1ML tremor shakes buildings around Cuadrilla shale gas site
People living around Cuadrilla’s shale gas site reported shaking buildings and windows last night from a 2.1ML tremor.
Minister pushed for answers on fast-tracking fracking
MPs from both sides of parliament have called on the government to announce it has abandoned plans to relax the planning rules on shale gas schemes.
