In this week’s listings: A community group and a campaigner taken on the Communities Secretary in the High Court over permission for fracking at Preston New Road, Lancashire Final day for comments on the minerals plan for West Sussex and the South Downs National Park Parliamentary meeting on […]
INEOS has increased its onshore exploration licence area in the UK to more than 1.2m acres, it announced this morning
North Yorkshire plans to use a different definition of fracking than the government, despite lobbying by the shale gas industry, it emerged today.
The first bid for shale gas exploration in Derbyshire will not need a formal environmental impact assessment, the county council confirmed today.
A fourth survey of residents in Cheshire has found more than 75% oppose fracking.
Friends of the Earth released a document today which it says contains evidence that the chemical company, INEOS, is planning to drill for shale gas in Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire.
The National Trust is continuing to refuse access for seismic surveying at historic Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, despite threats of legal action.
The majority of people surveyed in a town in Cheshire have come out against fracking.
The shale gas company, INEOS, has been accused of bullying landowners to allow access for geological surveys.
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