Dear Supporter Two recent Government announcements have been made in their continued attempts to get the fracking industry started. The first was that councils who are slow to make decisions on planning applications for unconventional gas will lose the right
Fracking licences to be granted by government
The bidding process for licences to extract shale gas – using the controversial process fracking – will begin later on Monday (28th July 2014). About half the UK is open to exploration, but tightened rules cover areas of outstanding beauty.
Tory ex-minister Nick Herbert opposes drilling in West Sussex village
Maybe our local MP Owen Patterson can take some guidance from Nick Herbert and oppose drilling in his constituency in Shropshire. Source: The telegraph – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10979081/Fracking-Tory-ex-minister-Nick-Herbert-opposes-drilling-in-West-Sussex-village.html A former Tory minister is leading opposition to attempts to explore for shale oil in a picturesque
The truth about David Cameron’s fracking fairytale
Davos tends to turn the hardest of heads. During the annual meetings, where businesses pay big bucks to rub shoulders with political leaders and thinkers, a contagious aura of smugness fills this Alpine valley like a fog, killing much sense
Government drive for fracking ‘losing thousands of Tory votes’, Lord Howell warns
George Osborne’s father-in-law attacks Coalition over support for fracking, saying they are “much too optimistic” about the benefits of shale gas and attempts to “bribe and cajole” rural communities will fail The Government’s drive for fracking is losing the
Lords committee has “casually dismissed” public concerns on health and environmental impacts of fracking says Caroline Lucas
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has called on the Government to do more to bring forward development of the UK’s shale gas and oil resource. In a report, a cross party group of Peers say they are disappointed
Fracking should be ‘urgent priority’ says Lords
A resident of Fernhurst in the South Downs has been telling the BBC his concerns about he prospect of a fracking site near his home. Martyn Knights says the drilling would have an adverse affect on the environment. The process
Marcus Adams from Frack Free Fernhurst on Daily Politics Show BBC2
Fracking was not about energy security or cutting gas prices, but making money for investors, said a campaigner against a Sussex project. Marcus Adams, a Conservative against fracking in the South Downs, claimed it could have the same political impact
Lord MacGregor on shale and fracking ‘huge benefits’
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has backed the government’s commitment to shale gas, extracted using the process of fracking, but said progress was being held back by complex rules. Chairman Lord MacGregor said there was a “real risk