Guest post: Why I object to Cuadrilla’s permit change – Richard Marshall
Last month, DrillOrDrop reported on proposals by Cuadrilla to vary its environmental permit for the Preston New Road fracking site.
Campaigners bring test case against “chilling” protest injunctions
Some of the most extensive restrictions on anti-fracking protests are to be challenged at the Court of Appeal tomorrow morning (5 March 2019).
Breaking: Judge dismisses legal case by Harthill villagers over Ineos shale gas plans
Residents in the south Yorkshire village of Harthill have failed to overturn planning permission for an Ineos shale gas well near their homes.
Harthill villagers tell High Court they were “treated unfairly” at Ineos shale gas inquiry
Residents in Harthill, south Yorkshire, called today for the quashing of planning permission granted to Ineos for a wellsite in their village.
Harthill villagers at High Court in challenge to shale gas permission
A legal challenge to the decision to allow shale gas exploration in the south Yorkshire village of Harthill will be heard at the High Court in this morning.
Review of 2018
2018 was a year of firsts for fracking and the campaigns against it, with successes and setbacks on both sides of the argument.
Government ignored new evidence on climate impacts of fracking – court told
The government ignored new science on the climate change impact of shale gas sites when it revised planning policy on fracking, the High Court in London heard today.
Updated: National Trust drops objection to Ineos seismic surveys at Clumber Park
Updated 21/12/2018. The National Trust has withdrawn its opposition to seismic testing by Ineos at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
Government fracking policy faces more legal challenges
The government is being challenged in the High Court this week over its planning policy on fracking.
Trespassers face bigger penalties at UK fracking sites than Buckingham Palace, court told
Injunctions mean that people who trespass on a UK fracking site face a bigger maximum penalty than if they committed the same offence at Buckingham Palace, the High Court was told today.
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