Government orders immediate moratorium on fracking in England because of tremor risk
After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry.
Updated: Cuadrilla to pay “few hundred pounds” for homes said to be damaged by fracking tremor
Cuadrilla has said it will make small goodwill payments to people living near its Lancashire shale gas site who said their homes were damaged by the UK’s largest fracking-induced tremor in August.
Fylde Council calls for immediate local ban on “unsafe” fracking
The Conservative-led council in the area of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site has called on regulators to ban local fracking immediately on safety grounds.
Fracking companies should fund surveys of homes near shale gas sites – call for law change
The government is being urged to change the law to protect people whose property is damaged by fracking.
No more UK fracking in 2019 as Cuadrilla runs out of time after record-breaking tremor
Cuadrilla has confirmed no more fracking will take place at its shale gas site in Lancashire before a planning deadline at the end of November.
Cuadrilla sent office staff to check property damage from UK’s biggest fracking earth tremor
Initial assessments of damage caused by the UK’s largest fracking-induced earth tremor were made by staff from the Cuadrilla’s headquarters, not professional surveyors or insurance experts.
“More fracking needed to understand risk” – earthquake expert
One of the UK’s leading seismologists says more shale gas wells must be fracked to assess the risk from tremors.
Cuadrilla fracking suspension to continue during investigation – government
The business minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, has confirmed that Cuadrilla will not be allowed to resume fracking at its Preston New Road site near Blackpool until last month’s record-breaking tremor has been investigated.
Cuadrilla fracked seven times before record-breaking tremor – official logs
Cuadrilla fracked just seven times at its Preston New Road site near Blackpool last month before inducing a record-breaking earth tremor.
Boat blocks fracking site in climate protest
Climate campaigners have used a yellow boat to block the entrance of Cuadrilla’s suspended fracking site near Blackpool.
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