Picture post: Ad campaign targets fracking industry
Anti-fracking campaigners posted adverts targeting the shale gas industry in more than 100 bus shelters in a dozen European cities today.
April 2021 headlines
Keep up with April 2021’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Click here for headlines from previous months. Please let us know if we’ve missed something important contact@DrillOrDrop.com Key headlines Growing opposition to […]
Don’t lift fracking moratorium without climate review – government advisor
The government’s climate advisor has said the ongoing moratorium on fracking in England should not be lifted without considering the impact of shale gas on greenhouse gas emissions.
Residents’ worries over silica regulation on fracking site
People living near Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site have reacted with concern following news that the Health and Safety Executive is facing questions from MPs about its monitoring of silica sand.
MPs quiz HSE over scrutiny of silica dust risk at Cuadrilla’s fracking site
The UK’s health and safety watchdog is facing questions from MPs over the way it monitored risks from silica sand at Cuadrilla’s fracking site.
Cuadrilla-Third Energy deal on Yorkshire gas
Cuadrilla and Third Energy have entered an agreement on gas appraisal plans in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
New plan for Notts shale gas site criticised as “speculative, misleading and unsound” – residents complain: “quite frankly we’ve had enough”
The lives of many people in the village of Misson in north Nottinghamshire have been blighted by shale gas since 2014, the parish council has said.
Fractured debate – what the latest research says about hardening attitudes to shale gas
Support for fracking has declined over the past decade and opposition has become more deeply entrenched, a new study of public attitudes in the UK has concluded.
Ineos suspends key part of Antwerp chemical facility
Ineos has postponed a controversial scheme to build Europe’s biggest propylene factory in the Port of Antwerp.
What to watch in 2021
DrillOrDrop reviews what might happen in 2021 to UK onshore fracking and other oil and gas developments.
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