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Small business lobby is scathing of Commons fracking report

The Onshore Energy Services Group, a trade association that represents small businesses in the onshore oil and gas supply chain,…

Planning chiefs recommend Cuadrilla plans refusal

The people with the most unenviable job in minerals and waste planning right now have today recommended that Lancashire County…

Plumpton fracking: Cuadrilla granted environmental permits

The Environment Agency, England’s environmental regulator, has granted Cuadrilla Resources the environmental permits it needs for its planned fracking site…

New shale gas portal sees over 100 businesses sign-up in the first 3 hours

The OESG welcomes the launch of a new online portal by the Chambers of Commerce in Lancashire, which has seen…

Lancashire businesses show their support for the safe development of shale gas

In a letter to the editor of the Blackpool Gazette yesterday, organised by the North West Energy Task Force, 120…

Fracking evidence supplied to Parliamentary inquiry

In written evidence to the Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into the environmental risks of fracking, experts from the Onshore…

Anti-fracking leaflet withdrawn in Lancashire by RAFF

Press reports today suggest that campaigners at RAFF in Lancashire have agreed to withdraw an anti-fracking leaflet after a complaint…

Caroline Lucas MP criticises EA pension investments

According to Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, it is a “clear conflict of interest” for the Environment Agency pension fund…

Fracking powers advice sought by Welsh government

Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has confirmed that Welsh government officials sought advice on whether Wales has powers to impose…

Shale gas online open course

The University of Nottingham, in conjunction with Future Learn, a company that is wholly-owned by The Open University, will host…