Anti-fracking campaigners make latest legal challenge to Cuadrilla’s shale gas plan
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s fracking plans near Blackpool brought their latest legal challenge to the Court of Appeal in London this morning.
96 arrests at Lancs anti-fracking protest in July 2017
July saw the largest number of arrests in a month so far at protests outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool, according to figures released by Lancashire Police.
Picture post: Christians pray at shale sites
Christians went on an anti-fracking road trip of the East Midlands to meet and pray with communities facing exploration for shale gas.
IGas drilled Ellesmere Port gas well 1,000m deeper than planning approval, says council
Council officials are investigating how a gas well in Cheshire was drilled to a depth more than double that referred to in the planning consent.
What’s happening this week? 14-20 August 2017
In this week’s listings: Exhibitions in support and against INEOS shale gas plans in the East Midlands; Women’s protest about policing and gathering for environmental Groups at Preston New Road shale gas site Are We Going to be Fracked? presentations in Woodsetts, Rotherham, plus Woodsetts parish council meeting; Demonstration outside […]
Council bans pedestrians from fracking site verges until 2019 after spending £59k on security guards
Pedestrians have been barred from using the grass verges beside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool for more than a year and a half.
Cuadrilla announces doubling of spending in Lancashire
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, said today it had doubled the amount of money it had spent in Lancashire in the second quarter of the year.
Nesting birds prompt fifth delay for restoration at Becconsall shale site, Lancs
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, has applied for more time to restore an exploration site near the Ribble Estuary in Lancashire because it said the latest attempt has been prevented by nesting birds. Little Ringed Plovers laid four eggs within 12m of the well head and work would […]
INEOS announces location of third proposed shale gas site
INEOS gave some details this afternoon of another proposed shale gas exploration site.
UK fracking support at record low – latest government survey
The latest findings from the government survey of attitudes to fracking in the UK puts support at its lowest level since the question was first asked.
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