Sheffield councillors vote to ban fracking on authority’s land
Councillors in Sheffield have voted to ban fracking on land by owned by the city. They also criticised the government’s shale gas policy and backed Labour’s call for a moratorium.
Fracking Week in Parliament: 3-7 October 2016
In this week’s Fracking Week in Parliament: The Scottish Government announces a ban on underground coal gasification and progress on its consultation on fracking. Read the full statement and questions here.
March 2016 fracking headlines
Our digest of March’s headlines about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments – and reaction to them
Wales extends fracking moratorium to UCG
Wales Natural Resources Minister, Carl Sargeant, has extended his moratorium on unconventional gas and oil developments to underground coal gasification.
Gloucestershire says no to fracking and 87,000 call on Wiltshire to do the same
Gloucestershire councillors are to call on the government to ban fracking in their county.
INEOS interview: Company spotlight turns to English shale gas areas
The Swiss-based chemicals company, INEOS, looks unlikely to commit to shale gas surveying in Scotland until it knows whether the country’s moratorium on fracking will be lifted. A senior executive told DrillOrDrop he expects the company’s shale business will concentrate next on Cheshire and other areas of England, […]
Top 10 posts of 2015
The most viewed posts on DrillOrDrop in 2015 all reported on MPs and their attitudes to fracking.
Fracking week in Westminster – w/e 13th November 2015
In this week’s Fracking Week in Westminster Chris Matheson on his exclusion from an anti-fracking court case Jim Cunningham on estimates of UK energy from shale gas Julie Elliott on government steps to increase UK energy self-sufficiency Alan Whitehead on a ban on fracking in sensitive areas Plus […]
Hull councillors approve anti-fracking policy
Hull City Council came a step closer to adopting a policy against fracking this morning.
Updated: MP’s Ryedale meeting hears demands for halt to fracking
A bad—tempered meeting of 250 people in the North Yorkshire market town of Malton last night questioned the need and the desirability of fracking.
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