Cuadrilla’s fracking site should be abandoned – campaigners
Anti-fracking groups in Lancashire are calling on the government and regulators to order the permanent plugging and abandonment of wells at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site.
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces legal challenge over fracking moratorium
Three campaign organisations have taken the first step in a legal challenge to the government’s lifting of the moratorium on fracking in England.
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.
Fracking earthquake rules should be extended to other onshore oil and gas operations, MPs told
The risk of earthquakes from well operations such as acidisation, water reinjection and pressure release should be controlled in the same way as fracking, a parliamentary meeting heard today.
Picture post: Hundreds attend ‘Fracking in Lancashire’ event
An estimated 350 people attended an event near Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site to discuss the impacts of fracking on residents.
Fracking is affecting our health, neighbours of shale gas site tell UK experts
One of the UK’s leading public health experts heard testimony today about the stress of living with fracking from neighbours of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site.
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