Photo by Steve Fareham [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Judges in Manchester are to hear all three legal challenges to rulings by the Secretary of State over fracking in Lancashire.
Parish councillors in the area picked by INEOS for what could be its first shale gas planning application have voted unanimously against the proposals.
An eight year old boy has written to the Prime Minister asking her to prevent fracking near his new home in Derbyshire.
In the past few minutes, councillors in Lincolnshire have refused planning permission to Egdon Resources for 15 years of oil production at its Wressle site near Scunthorpe.
A decision on plans for a second shale gas exploration site in Nottinghamshire has been delayed again.
Planning officers at North Lincolnshire Council have recommended approval of plans to produce oil for 15 years at Egdon Resources’ Wressle site near Scunthorpe.
West Sussex has a last chance next month to strengthen controls on the use of acid in oil and gas operations.
A High Court judge has rejected the legal challenge against planning permission to frack in North Yorkshire.
Plans for a second shale gas exploration site in Nottinghamshire will not be decided this year.
Planners in the South Downs have demanded more information on the effects of plans to drill new wells and produce oil for 20 years.
