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Anti-fracking protest at regulator’s headquarters

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 15, 2018 • ( 12 Comments )

Climate activists hung a nine-metre banner from the atrium of the Environment Agency in Bristol in a protest against fracking.

Interview: Planning for emergencies and accidents at oil and gas sites

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 28, 2018 • ( 48 Comments )

As Cuadrilla prepares to frack the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well, DrillOrDrop talked to the Health and Safety Executive about the organisation’s role in keeping workers and local people safe.

Campaigners calls for ban on acid stimulation of onshore oil and gas wells

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 17, 2018 • ( 52 Comments )

Friends of the Earth has called for a ban on the use of acid to stimulate the flow of oil and gas in onshore wells.

Health experts add to calls for investigation into impacts of fracking

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 14, 2018 • ( 14 Comments )

Senior experts have signed a letter calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the health impacts of fracking.

‘Government is using Lancashire residents as guinea pigs in a fracking impacts experiment’ – doctors

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 9, 2018 • ( 39 Comments )

An open letter from two doctors has accused the energy minister, Claire Perry, of using Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool to study the impact of toxic chemical emissions on people. Consultants’ letter to Claire Perry

Landmark report on fracking to be updated and £7.6m shale gas research confirmed

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 21, 2018 • ( 40 Comments )

A report relied upon by the Government in its support for shale gas extraction is to be updated.

Government rejects national setback distances for fracking sites

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 11, 2018 • ( 33 Comments )

Fracking Week in Parliament. The government has said it has no plans to establish a minimum distance between homes and shale gas sites across the country.

Rise in support for fracking continues – latest government survey

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 26, 2018 • ( 82 Comments )

Support for fracking in the UK has risen again, according to the latest findings from a quarterly government survey. Opposition remained unchanged and is still 14 percentage points ahead of support. The results published this morning put support at 18%, up two points on the previous survey. This is […]