In the last week of campaigning before yesterday’s EU Referendum, Remain campaigners including Greenpeace began to suggest that a Brexit…
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In the week that Third Energy won planning approval to frack its existing KM8 well in North Yorkshire, we thought…

A successful shale gas industry could create clusters of expertise and boost investment in North Yorkshire
In the last few years, groups like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have been leading the charge against fracking…
As ever, the rhetoric and reality are somewhat mismatched when it comes to fracking. This time, it’s about fracking in…
This week saw three days of planning hearings at which County Councillors on the Development Control Committee in Lancashire listened…
A review of election expenses reveals that Mike Hill, Independent parliamentary candidate for the Fylde, outspent his nearest rival by…

On Monday 15th June, planning officers in Lancashire are expected to publish their latest recommendations in respect of two shale…
On Thursday 7 May, the Conservative Party won a surprise – if slim – majority in the general election, and…
The polls open tomorrow for what some commentators are saying will be the closest run general election in decades. We…