Fracking
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Oil exploration and production are ‘distinct in planning’
Residents’ association has been opposing plans to drill for oil and gas since 2013
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Fracking ban reinstated by Sunak
Downing Street has confirmed the policy reversal
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Fracking caused daily earthquakes
In the 182 days that fracking took place at Preston New Road, Lancashire, there were 192 earthquakes
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Royalties for residents could help fracking pass through planning
Residents could receive £1,000 in exchange for “local consent”
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Housing minister rules fracking can go ahead in Surrey AONB
Surrey Council and local MP Jeremy Hunt have opposed the plans
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Ratcliffe plans fracking test site
The Ineos founder wants the chance to prove that shale gas extraction is safe
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Suspended prison sentence appropriate for anti-fracking protestors
The Court of Appeal has upheld prison sentences given to three anti-fracking protestors
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Friends of the Earth loses Lancashire fracking challenge
Campaign group Friends of the Earth has lost a legal challenge over a fracking site in Lancashire
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Keep calm and carry on fracking
With fracking making headlines again, Martin Edwards offers a landowner’s guide to managing protests on controversy-hit sites
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First fracking permission under attack
The first planning permission granted in England for full fracking operations is under challenge at the Planning Court