residents – DRILL OR DROP?

Villagers applaud surprise council rejection of UKOG’s Dunsfold drilling plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 29, 2020 • ( 35 Comments )

Dunsfold residents have welcomed a county council vote to refuse plans to drill near their Surrey village.

Gasland fracking firm faces criminal charges over water contamination

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 16, 2020 • ( 45 Comments )

A US fracking company featured in the documentary Gasland has been charged with environmental offences following a two-year grand jury investigation.

Conservative MP seeks to extend fracking moratorium to shale gas drilling

By Ruth Hayhurst on February 6, 2020 • ( 11 Comments )

The new Conservative MP for the Rother Valley in south Yorkshire is calling on the government to extend its moratorium on fracking to include drilling for shale gas.

Inspector backs plan to block fracking sites within 500m of N Yorks homes

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2019 • ( 19 Comments )

If the UK government’s moratorium on fracking is lifted in the future, shale gas companies are likely to face an extra challenge in North Yorkshire.

Fylde businessman to head legal action against Cuadrilla over fracking quake damage

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 4, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

A businessman who lives near Cuadrilla’s shale gas site is preparing to sue the company on behalf of residents who say their homes were damaged in August’s fracking-induced earthquake.

Residents demand answers on emergency planning at fracking site after recent tremors

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 31, 2019 • ( 16 Comments )

Lancashire residents are demanding to know whether emergency planners have updated the risks from Cuadrilla’s shale gas site following the UK’s strongest fracking-induced earth tremor.

Live news updates: Day 1 of inquiry into Ineos shale gas plans at Woodsetts

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 11, 2019 • ( 20 Comments )

This post has live news updates from the opening of the public inquiry into Ineos Upstream’s shale gas plans in the South Yorkshire village of Woodsetts.

Village crowdfunds to fight shale gas plans by the UK’s richest man

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 5, 2019 • ( 16 Comments )

Residents in a south Yorkshire village are raising money to oppose shale gas exploration proposals by Ineos, largely owned by the UK’s richest man, the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.