Harthill villager seeks legal challenge to Ineos shale gas consent
A resident of the South Yorkshire village of Harthill has taken the first step in an attempt to overturn the planning permission for Ineos’s local shale gas scheme.
Government seeks views on proposals to bypass local council control of shale gas schemes
Two consultations opened this afternoon on government proposals to fast-track decisions on shale gas developments in England.
Farmer joins National Trust as Ineos shale gas access case heads towards trial
A tenant farmer has joined the National Trust in its challenge to the shale gas company, Ineos, in a court case over land access.
Anti-fracking campaigners “disappointed” at extension of Ineos licence in Scotland
News reported by DrillOrDrop that the Scottish Government had extended an Ineos shale gas licence near Glasgow has disappointed campaigners. The licence, called PEDL162, reached the end of its initial exploration term at the of June 2018. To continue to the second, appraisal phase, the operator should have […]
What’s happening this week? 9-15 July 2018
In this week’s listings Cases at the High Court on Cuadrilla protest injunction and Ineos access to Clumber Park Closing date for entries to British Photographic Journal Fractured Stories competition Deadline for comments on Ineos replacement application for Woodsetts in South Yorkshire Temporary seismic monitors due to be installed in […]
Slow walking protests are “unreasonable and wrongful”, oil company tells High Court
The exploration company, UK Oil and Gas, has defended its injunction which seeks to outlaw the protest tactic of slow walking.
July 2018 drilling headlines
July 2018 sees two hearings at the High Court on protests against injunctions at Cuadrilla and UKOG sites. Ineos also heads to court in the latest hearing in its case against the National Trust. And MPs investigate shale gas development in former mining areas. You can keep up […]
