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PM proposes individual payments to shale gas residents – opponents say it’s a bribe

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 7, 2016 • ( 65 Comments )

The Prime Minister has intervened in proposals for a shale wealth fund to include an option to make direct payments to people affected by fracking.

Company plans to reduce fracking noise with a wall of shipping containers

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 30, 2015 • ( 14 Comments )

Third Energy plans to build a 28ft high wall of shipping containers to reduce noise from its proposed fracking site in North Yorkshire. The wall, made up of 42 containers stacked three high, would need 76 lorry trips to deliver. A tarpaulin would be draped over the containers […]