September 2019 headlines
Will the suspension of fracking at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site be lifted this month after a record-breaking earth tremor? Or will shale exploration in the Fylde region of Lancashire face another long delay?
September 2019 diary
Events in September 2019 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning West Lancs Borough Council to vote on Aurora fracking plans Moss Alliance public meetings on Aurora fracking plans Surrey County Council to decide on UKOG expansion at Horse Hill Sentencing of three people […]
Picture post: 100th women in white gathering at fracking site
Women in Lancashire today marked the 100th Wednesday they have held silent protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool.
Cuadrilla injunction trial: Judge delays rulings after hearing legal arguments
The judgement in the first trial of anti-fracking protesters accused of breaching an injunction at a shale gas site is not expected until the end of the week.
Cuadrilla injunction trial: Campaigners defend protest outside fracking site
An environmental campaigner has told the High Court she breached the injunction at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool because she was “terrified” about the damage fracking would do to her community.
Friends of the Earth begins High Court action against fracking company’s protest injunction
Friends of the Earth has launched legal proceedings to try to force Cuadrilla to “substantially reduce” the scale of its injunction against anti-fracking protests.
Protesters in court for first anti-fracking injunction trial
Three anti-fracking campaigners are due in court tomorrow (Tuesday) in what is believed to be the first trial for an alleged breach of a protest injunction granted to a UK onshore oil or gas company.
Campaigners and oil company clash over protest injunction appeal
A legal challenge to restrictions on protests outside oil sites in southern England has prompted conflicting statements from an oil company and campaigners.
April 2019 headlines
This month could see the start of horizontal drilling at the IGas site at Misson in north Nottinghamshire and the spudding of Rathlin Energy’s second well at West Newton. The Court of Appeal is due to hand down its ruling on a challenge to the Ineos injunction and […]
Judgement reserved in challenge to Ineos fracking protest injunction
Three law lords have reserved their decision in an appeal against the protest injunction granted to the fracking company, Ineos.
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