Cuadrilla is set to begin paying out the £100,000 community funding pot that it has set aside to compensate households in close proximity…
Continue ReadingGovernment Overrules Council to Allow Fracking in Lancashire
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The government has overturned a decision made by Lancashire council to reject applications for permits allowing hydraulic fracturing to take place.
Continue ReadingThe North Yorkshire county council has officially given the go ahead for the first fracking tests in the UK for five years, amid…
Continue ReadingSupport for Fracking in UK Drops to Record Low
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
The latest data from the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s public attitudes tracker has shown that the number of people who oppose…
Continue ReadingCuadrilla Claims Friends of the Earth ‘Misled’ Regulator
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
The decision to refuse fracking companies permission to drill in areas of Lancashire has been described by the council as “democracy in action”…
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