Yorkshire fracking company receives official warning over incorrect emissions data
The shale gas company preparing to frack in North Yorkshire breached one of its environmental permits by failing to publish correct emissions data, it has emerged.
“Fracking is impractical in the UK” – US campaigner
Narrow roads, problems with waste disposal and a lack of research by regulators make fracking impractical in the UK, according to a campaigner who has secured bans on the process in the US.
Campaigners celebrate Barclays’ decision to stop funding fracking – bank says “no urgency” to sell Third Energy
Opponents of plans to frack in North Yorkshire have welcomed confirmation by Barclays that it plans to sell its stake in Third Energy “at some point”.
Picture post: Cyclists complete two-day “tour de frack” between shale sites
A group of cyclists completed a 120-mile ride this afternoon between sites in Lancashire and Yorkshire where fracking is due to take place.
Protest update: 24-30 April 2017
In this update of protests about fracking and the UK onshore oil and gas industry: Unions and the Diggers join protests at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site Residents gather outside Third Energy’s Kirby Misperton site in North Yorkshire as service companies carry out work Tour de Frack cycle […]
Third Energy investigates release from Kirby Misperton gas site after residents complain about “sickening” smell
The company that wants to frack a well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire has apologised to people living nearby about a smell from the site last week.
Photo post: Walkers complete 120 miles between Yorks and Lancs fracking sites
Opponents of fracking reached the end of a 120-mile walk this afternoon between shale gas sites in North Yorkshire and Lancashire.
