Former planning minister backs local decisions on fracking
The former planning minister, Brandon Lewis, said tonight he believed decisions on shale gas should be made by local people, through their local authority.
June 2016 fracking headlines
DrillOrDrop’s digest of last month’s news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments in the UK and around the world.
Government not delivering on fracking decision timetable – Cuadrilla CEO
The head of the fracking company, Cuadrilla, warned this morning that investors didn’t have “limitless patience”.
Fracking Week in Westminster – w/e 12th February 2016
In this Fracking Week in Westminster Imposing fracking on unwilling communities Fracking’s north-south divide Licence to frack in York Call for fast-track fracking Educating the public on shale gas
October 2015 fracking headlines
Our digest of October’s headlines about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments – and reaction to them – in the UK and around the world.
Energy minister: there’s no difference between men and women on fracking
The Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, has dismissed the idea that women and men have different attitudes to fracking. And she admitted to asking her officials “Is climate change real?”
Shale developers need to make the case for fracking – Amber Rudd
The Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, told MPs yesterday that shale gas developers needed to make the case for fracking to local communities. During a session of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Mrs Rudd was asked how she would “bridge the gap” between the government’s views on shale […]
