Resident challenges minister’s decision to reopen inquiry on Cuadrilla’s Roseacre Wood fracking plans
A man who lives 500m from Cuadrilla’s proposed shale gas site at Roseacre Wood in Lancashire has begun a legal challenge to the government.
September 2016 drilling headlines
DrillOrDrop’s digest of the past month’s news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments in the UK and around the world. InfraStrata puts Swanage gas drilling plans on hold SW Energy gives up Forest of Dean and Wiltshire gas exploration licences Nottinghamshire planners recommend approval of […]
Update: Lancashire bill for hosting fracking inquiry stands at £330k but council escapes most of Cuadrilla’s costs
Lancashire County Council has confirmed that it will have to pay only a “relatively small” part of Cuadrilla’s costs following the decision last week to approve planning permission for fracking at Preston New Road. Local newspaper reports at the weekend had suggested that the council faced a bill of £330,000 […]
What’s happening this week? 3-9 October 2016
Key week for fracking and onshore oil & gas: decision days for Cuadrilla’s Lancashire appeals and IGas Misson shale plans. Plus meetings, protests, demonstration, regulators’ drop-in event. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for […]
Labour government will ban fracking in the UK + reaction
The shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary confirmed this morning that the next Labour government would ban fracking.
Lancashire campaigners write to the Queen over Cuadrilla’s fracking plans
A group opposed to Cuadrilla’s shale gas plans in Lancashire has sent an open letter to the Queen in a final attempt to prevent fracking near Blackpool.
Fylde doesn’t look promising for fracking – veteran US geologist
A veteran US shale geologist now working with INEOS has raised doubts about fracking in a key area of the UK.
Anti-fracking campaigner walks from Blackpool for Downing Street to “bribe” Prime Minister
A Lancashire opponent of shale gas exploration set off this morning on a 230 mile walk to London, in his words, to “openly bribe” Theresa May not to frack his home.
Reaction to social impacts of fracking study
A new piece of research has concluded that the prospect of fracking for shale gas in Lancashire has already had a profound effect on local people, leading to stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of disenfranchisement.
Lancashire fracking prospect causes stress, suspicion and fractured communities – new research
The prospect of fracking for shale gas in Lancashire has already had a profound effect on local people, according to new research.
