Industry calls for lifting of Scottish fracking moratorium
The industry organisation, UK Onshore Oil and Gas, has urged the Scottish government to lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
Anti-fracking groups launch campaign to put shale gas on election agenda
Two anti-fracking campaign groups have joined forces to try to put shale gas on the agenda for the general election.
What’s happening this week? 8-14 May 2017
In this week’s listing: two theatre shows about fracking, the first screenings in a UK tour of The Bentley Effect and a direct action training weekend, plus meetings, information events and an INEOS exhibition at Harthill. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect […]
Fracking support still trails opposition but gap is closing – latest government survey
The latest findings from the government’s quarterly survey of attitudes to fracking shows levels of support continue to lag behind opposition but the gap appears to be closing.
Picture post: Cyclists complete two-day “tour de frack” between shale sites
A group of cyclists completed a 120-mile ride this afternoon between sites in Lancashire and Yorkshire where fracking is due to take place.
INEOS gives notice of application for Derbyshire shale gas well
INEOS confirmed today it would submit a planning application in early May for a vertical shale gas well on the edge of the village of Marsh Lane in north Derbyshire.
“Lancs homes to be heated by local shale gas by early 2018” – Cuadrilla exec
A Cuadrilla executive has predicted that shale gas from the company’s site at Preston New Road near Blackpool is likely to be used in local homes by early next year.
Dismissal of legal challenge against ministerial approval Lancashire fracking site – more details and reaction
Campaigners have described as a “terrible precedent” the dismissal of their High Court action against the ministerial approval of fracking at a site in Lancashire.
Breaking: Anti-fracking campaigners lose legal challenge over Cuadrilla’s Lancs shale gas site
A community group and an anti-fracking campaigner have lost their legal challenge against the Communities’ Secretary over the way he granted permission for fracking at a site in Lancashire.
April 2017 drilling headlines
DrillOrDrop’s April 2017 digest of news about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas updated daily
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