News 2018
REVIEWS OF 2018 - DRILL OR DROP
Earthquake Watch 2018
Fracking in Lancashire - tremor tracker
Lancashire fracking earth tremor was like “dropping a bag of flour on the floor” – government report!
Dutch Govt. ditching fracking - Channel 4 - video report on earthquake damage in Holland from Fracking
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Interview with Oil and Gas Regulator
Save the Fylde – Why we must keep the earthquake safety limit at 0.5 - Drill or Drop
December Highlights
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Councils can use climate change evidence to reject fracking, government lawyer tells High Court
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Government ignored new evidence on climate impacts of fracking – court told
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Angus begins Brockham test programme amid local questions over consent
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IGas plans for Ellesmere Port “don’t conform to UK climate commitments” – inquiry expert
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Red-level tremor stops fracking as total seismic events top 50
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IGas exploration plans are “in the heart of a community”, Ellesmere Port campaigners warn
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Environmental regulator defends decision on fracking waste at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site
November Highlights
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Anti-fracking campaigners join protest to close five London bridges
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22 arrests after climate change blockade of energy department
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Campaigners call for tougher rules on acid use at Weald oil sites
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Rathlin Energy’s £33.9m debt “casts doubt” over company viability – accounts
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15% support fracking and 31% oppose – government quarterly survey returns
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High Court blocks challenge to government statement on fracking definition
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Cuadrilla produces first shale gas from fracking site – despite “strict” earthquake rules
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Residents warn of legal action if government relaxes fracking quake rules
October Highlights
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Court quashes 'excessive' sentences of fracking protesters - The Guardian
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300K+-signature petitions against government plans to fast-track fracking
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More tremors at Cuadrilla’s shale gas site after fracking finishes for the day
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Leading Surrey councillor lists challenges of working with Weald oil companies
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Fast track fracking proposals undermine democracy and bypass scrutiny, MPs told
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What government told the shale gas industry about success, regulation, jobs and support
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Cuadrilla is to start fracking in Lancashire. But we will not give in
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As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown
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Shock over family connections of judge who jailed three anti-fracking campaigners
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North Yorks Tory MP vows to oppose relaxed planning rules for shale gas sites
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Fracking earthquake rules could be relaxed – energy minister
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We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
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The IPCC global warming report spares politicians the worst details
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The frackers are back: but will there ever be a British shale gas boom?
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Does today’s climate report change the arguments on UK fracking?
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1,000+ academics call for review of fracking protest prison sentences
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Breaking: Court blocks fracking at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site
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Fracking Fissures Obscure the Need to Embrace Green Technologies
September Highlights
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Investigation: Beauty spot oil well releases hundreds of tonnes of methane into the atmosphere
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Government warned it could lose vote over changes to shale gas planning rules
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Ryedale Tories reject government changes to fracking planning rules
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Westminster rally and debate urge government to let communities decide on fracking
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Government faces second legal challenge over new planning rules on fracking
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Breaking: Oil companies pull out of Leith Hill exploration site in Surrey
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UK councils invest £9bn of pension funds in fracking companies – new research
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Oil company bid for more time at Broadford Bridge backed by officials
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Grandmother’s “act of conscience” fracking protest led to conviction
August Highlights
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Health experts add to calls for investigation into impacts of fracking
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Cuadrilla warned over another environmental breach at Lancashire fracking site
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N Yorks Mayor to launch legal challenge to government plan to fast-track fracking
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Campaign group begins legal challenge to government planning policy on fracking
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‘Government is using Lancashire residents as guinea pigs in a fracking impacts experiment’ – doctors
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Dame and Baroness threaten to breach Cuadrilla’s fracking protest injunction
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Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state
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Oil exploration should halt immediately in Surrey earthquake zone – geologists
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Learn suffragette lessons, say sisters found guilty of obstruction at shale gas site
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Most Tory Councillors oppose Government plan for shale gas planning rules
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Government Report on Impacts of Fracking on air pollution delayed publication for 3 year
July Highlights
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Government recruits fracking commissioner to “facilitate communication” with residents
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Government presses ahead with planning policy changes on oil and gas – despite “limited support”
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UKOG COURT INJUNCTION Daily Updates
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UKOG injunction court hearing ends – judgement reserved - July 6th
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Slow walking protests are “unreasonable and wrongful”, oil company tells High Court - July 3rd
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Six women go to court in challenge to UKOG's injunction- July 2nd
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Surrey earthquake mystery: Monitors installed near fossil fuel drilling sites
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Church Of England Divests from Fossil Fuel Companies - The Independent
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Fast tracking plans for fracking prompt criticism - The Independent July 5th
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Local authorities are best placed to decide on fracking plans – MPs report
June Highlights
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Government recruits fracking commissioner to “facilitate communication” with residents
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Government presses ahead with planning policy changes on oil and gas – despite “limited support”
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UKOG COURT INJUNCTION Daily Updates
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UKOG injunction court hearing ends – judgement reserved - July 6th
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Slow walking protests are “unreasonable and wrongful”, oil company tells High Court - July 3rd
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Six women go to court in challenge to UKOG's injunction- July 2nd
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Surrey earthquake mystery: Monitors installed near fossil fuel drilling sites
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Church Of England Divests from Fossil Fuel Companies - The Independent
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Fast tracking plans for fracking prompt criticism - The Independent July 5th
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Local authorities are best placed to decide on fracking plans – MPs report
- Minister urged to delay fracking in Lancashire until emergency plans are published
- Grandparents lock-on in anti-fracking protest at government department
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BP is now actively working with UK government to sidestep sanctions to frack in Russia
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Fracking causes harm and violates human rights – interim opinion of international tribunal -drill or drop link here
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UKOG releases oil resource estimates as it considers change in company status
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Judge grants temporary injunction against protests at Lancashire fracking sit.
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Parliamentary group to investigate impacts of commercial fracking in UK led by Tory MP who opposed fracking in his constituency
May Highlights -
Government Rejects National Setback Distances for Fracking Sites
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Is shale gas nationally important and should decisions be taken out of local control?
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Government announces plans to speed up fracking decisions in England + detailed reaction
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Fast-track fracking plan by the government prompts criticism
April Highlights -
Shale gas companies threaten legal challenge over minimum gap between homes and fracking sites
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Picture post: Nearly all gone – Third Energy empties Kirby Misperton fracking site
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UKOG suspends Broadford Bridge and announces two new Weald drill sites
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INEOS criticised for “bullish approach” over access to land for seismic testing
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Friends of The Earth Statement on Why Fracking in the UK will not save our energy problems
March Highlights -
UKOG loses access rights to Markwells Wood oil site in South Downs
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Police chiefs have agreed to public consultation on policing protests!
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Court adjourns decision on “wide-ranging” injunction against protests at UKOG oil drilling sites
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UKOG ordered to restore drill site at Markswells Wood after abandonment
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WATCH - BBC Report of UKOG Injunction Plan for Broadford Bridge Wellsite
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Letter we signed to the Prime Minister from Frack Free United
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Gas company’s statements about fracking impacts on wildlife “not backed up by evidence”, say experts
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UKOG seeks injunction to ban protests that aim to damage its business
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Government seeks to strengthen planning case for onshore oil and gas
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Estimates of UK shale gas wells “out of date”, says minister
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Angus Energy focuses on production with release of accounts and Brockham plans
February Highlights -
INEOS to legally challenge Scottish Government ban on Fracking
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UKOG Shares drop losing £50m after Broadford Bridge Well formation damage
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Yorkshire landowners back National Trust in INEOS legal challenge
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TV presenters join call on Government to block oil drilling off Bournemouth
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Acidisation of wells. The Debate and how the Environment Agency and Campaigners have responded.
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Controls needed to cut risk of spills and leaks from UK shale gas industry – new research
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Meet The Yorkshire Village Fighting Fracking. Kirby Misperton
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Lancashire Campaigners are winning the fight against fracking say climate change experts
January Highlights -
£43 million IWC Pension fund invested in fossil fuel portfolios.
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Offshore Licence P1916 - UKOG publicly announces this licence is dropped - 6 weeks after the event .
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Northern anti-fracking campaigns step up with plans for meetings and “targeted resistance”
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Fracking firm Ineos leads industry lobbying to avoid green tax
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Ecotricity’s ‘Boycott the Big Six’ calls for bill payers to fight fracking with their energy bills