In this week’s listings: Launch of Frack Free United lobby group against the fracking industry Two exhibitions about industrial sand extraction in Cheshire European Parliament vote Continuing protests at Preston New Road, Lancashire Plus deadlines, meetings, presentations and film screening
A decision expected this month on plans by IGas to explore for shale gas at a second site in Nottinghamshire has been put back again.
The latest findings from the government’s quarterly Wave tracker survey, published this morning, put support for fracking at 18%.
Cuadrilla, its supporters and opponents have made statements this afternoon following the decision by two contractors to stop working at the Preston New Road fracking site.
Cuadrilla is seeking to raise the height of the rig and the volume of noise it can make at a Lancashire shale gas site next to an internationally-important bird reserve.
In this Fracking Week in Parliament Graham Jones on the cost of policing anti-fracking protests Mark Menzies on action over Lancashire’s recommendations on fracking health risks
DrillOrDrop’s monthly digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas
A legal agreement required for final planning consent at Nottinghamshire’s first shale gas site has been delayed for another month.
Residents living near Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire have called for tougher action from the authorities.
60+ events about UK fracking and onshore oil and gas, including Meet the Regulator drop-ins, debates, presentations, meetings, film screenings, consultation deadlines and protests.
