Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good? Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
UK ministers to be challenged in human rights court over protest injunctions Friends of the Earth will argue private companies are allowed to create their own public order laws that stifle demonstrations The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Blackpool hit by earthquake that sounded like rattling train with furniture shaking Residents in the seaside resort and nearby villages described seeing furniture shake and hearing a noise like a train as the town was hit by a tremor measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023
Restoring fracking ban ‘beggars belief’, says Cuadrilla chief Cuadrilla boss Francis Egan said the industry can create jobs, generate private sector investment and provide tax revenue. The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022
Tory-led council votes to demand Truss stick to no fracking pledge Fylde council, home to Preston New Road shale gas site in Lancashire, unanimously backs motion The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
Astonishment as fracking companies may be placed in charge of testing public support for drilling Firms like Cuadrilla could be asked to show they have local consent for causing earthquakes – but residents sceptical they would be impartial The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
‘It sounds like you don’t know’: Liz Truss falters on fracking consent question Asked what local consent looks like, PM hesitates and says she will make sure there is local consent The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022
Liz Truss can't even say WHERE key UK fracking site is in car crash interview PRIME Minister Liz Truss could not even say where the fracking she has legalised is to take place in a series of car crash interviews… The National (Scotland) · Sep 29, 2022
Anti-fracking Nanas take to streets in protest again after Government U-turns on ban The protesters dressed in yellow overalls and head scarves, blocked roads, held weekly vigils and chained themselves to fences until fracking was banned in 2019 - but now they're back Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022
Is fracking coming to a town near you? Here’s how you can fight them – and win My group, Nanas Against Fracking, is a force to be reckoned with, says campaigner Tina Rothery The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
Rees-Mogg should make his constituency first to be fracked, says Tory MP Mark Menzies challenges business secretary to ‘lead by example’ and start drilling in North East Somerset The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
Ban on gas fracking in England lifted in push for energy independence Britain on Thursday formally lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas in England that has been in place since 2019, saying strengthening the country's energy supply was an "absolute priority". Reuters · Sep 22, 2022
Fracking could affect many protected areas across England as ban is lifted Guardian analysis finds 151 licences already granted threaten environmentally important spots The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022
Liz Truss, we support fracking too – that’s why we know it can’t work for Britain The economic and political barriers to fracking here are extremely high. There are better solutions to the energy crisis, say Chris Cornelius and Mark Linder The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022 Fracking won’t work in UK says founder of fracking company Cuadrilla Chris Cornelius says geology is too challenging and government’s support is merely ‘soundbites’
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022 ‘We will oppose this’: Truss fracking plans met with anger and dismay in Lancashire Preston New Road activists promise to regroup to fight Cuadrilla until fracking in UK is banned for good
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2022 Anti-fracking campaigners ready to ‘pull out all the stops’ again Protesters previously spent 1,000 days outside the Cuadrilla fracking site in Little Plumpton, near Blackpool.=
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022 Anti-fracking campaigners in Lancashire ready to ‘pull out all the stops’ again Protesters previously spent 1,000 days outside the Cuadrilla fracking site in Little Plumpton, near Blackpool.
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022 ‘We’ve stopped it once, we’ll stop it again’: Anti-fracking activists gear up for fight after Truss lifts ban Campaigners spent years opposing tremor-causing drilling - now they’re preparing to do it all over again
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2022 What are the government’s fracking plans? Rishi Sunak reinstates ban The ban on shale gas fracking in England has been restored by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his first PMQs.
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022 Downing Street hints fracking ban could be lifted in energy bills package The suggestion came as advisers warned that the UK’s gas reserves are too small to make a difference to consumer energy bills.
The Conversation · May 5, 2022 Fracking review suggests UK has softened precautionary principle since leaving EU – here's why it matters The UK government recently conceded that the reasons for its 2019 ban on hydraulic fracturing “have not gone away,” and there is “no compelling evidence” to support rethinking it. Better known as fracking, this industrial process injects millions of gallons of water underground at high pressure to release fossil gas…
Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022 Fracking review ordered as Tories consider 'all energy sources' amid Ukraine war Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng asked the British Geological Survey to reassess the safety of shale gas extraction, which has been banned since 2019
Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2022 Energy crisis: UK delays closure of shale gas wells in major fracking U-turn Labour branded the decision 'appalling' and accused the Government of pressuring the regulator to give a reprieve to fracking firm Cuadrilla
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022 Cuadrilla allowed to delay closure of Lancashire fracking wells Regulator gives gas exploration company another year to plug wells, amid UK energy security concerns