Picture post: 8,000+ sign letter urging PM to ban fracking
Campaigners delivered a letter to Downing Street this afternoon, signed by more than 8,000 people, calling for an immediate halt on fracking in the UK.
Events diary – December 2018 and beyond
40+ events in December about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning. Government challenge in two High Court hearings IGas and Angus Energy go to court over protest injunctions Climate protests and petition hand-in to Downing Street Training workshop Rallies, meetings, film screening, fundraisers
Protest policing at Lancashire fracking site has “irreparably damaged community relations”, senior officer told
Regular protesters at Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have told Lancashire Police they no longer have any confidence in the force or its procedures.
1,000+ academics call for review of fracking protest prison sentences
More than 1,000 academics have now signed an open letter supporting a review of last week’s prison sentence given to three men who took part in anti-fracking protests.
Updated: Cuadrilla warned over another environmental breach at Lancashire fracking site
Permit breaches at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road fracking site have risen to at least six, online publication of a report has confirmed.
Oil exploration should halt immediately in Surrey earthquake zone – geologists
A group of senior geologists has called for an immediate moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the area of Surrey affected by 12 earthquakes in the past four months.
Coalition backs National Trust against INEOS court action in letter to PM
A coalition of environmental organisations, community groups and academics has written to the Prime Minister in support of the National Trust in its legal fight against INEOS.
Campaign grows against INEOS Yorkshire fracking surveys
More landowners in Yorkshire have joined a campaign opposing fracking and access to their property for seismic testing.
Updated: National Trust letter urges INEOS to abandon seismic surveys at Clumber Park
The National Trust has appealed to INEOS Shale to reconsider its plans for shale gas surveying at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
Egdon seeks to reassure residents after challenges to Wressle oil production plans
People living around the Wressle well site near Scunthorpe have received a detailed letter from the operator, Egdon Resources, as a public inquiry into oil production plans goes into its second week.
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