Tag: Labour

How UK MEPs voted on new environmental tests for fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 15, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Last week, the European Parliament voted by 354 votes to 300 to extend compulsory Environmental Impact Assessments to hydraulic fracturing operations. The vote among UK MEPs was 29 in favour and 32 against. 8 UK MEPs were absent and 4 didn’t vote. Most […]

Fracking timeline August 2013

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 15, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

23/8/13 Costs reach £2.3m Sussex Police says the cost of policing protests at Balcombe has risen to £2.3m and is likely to reach £3.7m. It says the cost of the six-day Reclaim the Power camp, which ended on Wednesday August 21st, were £1.5m, including help from ten other […]