Labour raise concerns at possible revival of fracking in Lancashire as Tory leadership hopefuls promise just about anything to be new PM
Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett back in Lancaster
Tomorrow evening Natalie Bennett, former leader of the national Green Party will be speaking at a collaborative event between Lancaster University Politics Society and Lancaster University Young Greens, to discuss […]
Protests over Barclay’s ownership of fracking company
Lancaster anti-fracking campaigners are so angry that Barclay’s Bank is financing fracking in Yorkshire through its subsidiary company Third Energy that they joined with visiting activist group Reclaim the Power on Friday […]
‘Cuadrilla men followed us and filmed our children’, parents claim
Tina Rothery At a well-attended meeting at Lancaster Friends Meeting House yesterday, Lancaster residents started organising the local response to Secretary of State Said Javid’s recent decision to allow Cuadrilla […]
Government forces fracking onto Lancashire
Demonstrators protesting today’s decision The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid today allowed Cuadrilla’s appeal against the county council’s decision to refuse permission for fracking at the […]
Government U-turns on promise to protect heritage wildlife reserves from fracking
Map of Cuadrilla’s Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence for the region of Lancashire (PEDL165) Philip Mitchell of North Lancs Green Party reports to Virtual Lancaster that, despite an earlier commitment […]
New Dates Set For Lancashire Shale Gas Decisions
Lancashire County Council has scheduled new dates in June for its Development Control Committee to make decisions on planning applications for shale gas development at two sites in the county. […]
County Council continues Fracking Consultation for two more weeks
Fracking tanker at Barton Moss Although today is officially the final day for members of the public to ‘have their say’ in Lancashire County Council’s (LCC) consultation on two controversial […]
County Councillors call for government to release DEFRA fracking report
Today Lancashire County Council have rejected a planning application by Cuadrilla for a further prospective fracking site at Singleton. The ruling is separate to the Cuadrilla applications for two fracking […]
Lancs County Council defers fracking decision 8 weeks
Tractor procession of farmers against fracking arriving at County Hall today At the same time that a moratorium on fracking was being announced in Scotland, Lancashire County Council’s (LCC) Development […]