Question Time in Blackpool asks: ‘Who decides on fracking?’
Who should decide on fracking came under the spotlight on BBC Question Time from Blackpool last night.
UKIP to invest in shale gas exploration – but not in National Parks
UKIP says shale gas is too great an opportunity to ignore but it has promised not to drill for it in national parks.
Blue look to frontline fracking councils
The Conservatives have made big gains in the county council elections in areas in the frontline of fracking for shale gas.
Fracking election update: Quarter of general election candidates sign frack-free pledge
Nearly 1,000 of the 3,990+ candidates standing in the general election have made a formal promise to oppose fracking in their constituencies, according to the latest figures from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.
Drilling election round-up: party manifestos, campaigner candidates, contested elections
Party manifesto mentions of onshore oil and gas (in alphabetical order)
Survey suggests local fracking support is a vote loser
Nearly a third of British voters said they would be less likely to vote for candidates who backed fracking in their own constituencies, according to a poll released today.
Pro-fracking UKIP predicted to top Euro election poll – but anti-fracking Greens see surge in support
22nd May 20014 The latest opinion survey suggests UKIP will top the polls in Britain in today’s elections to the European Parliament. Research by YouGov conducted last night predicted that UKIP, the strongly pro-fracking party, would win 27% of the vote, giving it 21-23 seats. The party currently […]
Wind farms more popular than fracking sites – new research
14th April 2014 More people would prefer a wind farm in their local council area than a fracking site, according to research published today by YouGov for the renewables company, Ecotricity.
Windfarms win over fracking sites – Survation poll
More people would prefer a windfarm than a fracking plant if they had to choose which was built in their local area, according to the pollng organisation Survation. In a study for yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, Survation found that 68.1% of people would choose a windfarm, compared with […]
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