Residents vote to share Cuadrilla’s £100,000 fracking fund – but some reject “blood money”
People living within 1.5km of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire are to share a £100,000 community benefit fund, the company confirmed today.
What’s happening this week? 6-12 November 2017
In this week’s listings Public inquiry into Egdon Resources plans for oil production at Wressle near Scunthorpe; Woodsetts planning application objection drop-in; Elton application awareness meeting; Big Noise Against Fracking rally; Know your rights training.
Ten Greenpeace volunteers acquitted at anti-fracking protest trial
Ten anti-fracking campaigners who locked themselves together in a protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site have been found not guilty after a trial in Blackpool.
Highways officer opposes INEOS Harthill shale gas plans
INEOS plans for a shale gas well at Harthill in South Yorkshire would put pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders at risk and should be rejected, according to highway officials.
Drilling diary – November 2017
November 2017 events about fracking and onshore oil and gas in the UK including: High Court challenge to INEOS protest injunction; Planning inquiry on Egdon Resources’ plans for oil production at Wressle; Trials arising from two lock-on protests at Preston New Road; Energy Expo Live; Fracking regulations conference; […]
INEOS dossier of social media posts and video used to support protest injunction
The UK’s biggest shale company has collected hundreds of Facebook posts and tweets, running to more than 3,000 pages, in support of its injunction against anti-fracking protests.
Cuadrilla seeks permission for night deliveries at Lancashire fracking site
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, has applied to change the rules on working hours at its Preston New Road site near Blackpool.
What’s happening this week? 30 October-5 November 2017
In this week’s listings Challenge to INEOS protest injunction by Joe Corre and Joseph Boyd; Pre-inquiry meeting on re-opened public inquiry into Cuadrilla’s appeal over Roseacre Wood site; Trial of 10 Greenpeace campaigners who took part in a protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site; Latest […]
Woodsetts villagers to send INEOS protest photo to Downing Street
People in the village of Woodsetts in south Yorkshire gathered this evening for a giant photo with pieces of tape printed with the INEOS logo stuck across their mouths.
Prime Minister backs fracking again
For the second week in a row, Theresa May backed shale gas in a reply during Prime Minister’s Questions.
DRILL OR DROP? 