On Tuesday 25 July 2017, four protestors stopped a convoy of lorries going to a fracking site in Lancashire writes MAT HOPE
… The day fracking protest became a imprisonable offence … stopped a convoy of lorries going to a fracking site in Lancashire writes MAT HOPE On … stopped a convoy of lorries going to a fracking site in Lancashire. This week, three …
With the major party manifestos all published it's not just the Greens that oppose fracking, writes Mat Hope. It's also Labour and the Libdems. So who's left? The Tories of course, who are holding fast to the fracking faith, and even want to create a new special purpose regulator for the industry. Oh yes, and UKIP, which is also committed to abolishing the Climate Change Act.
… Only Conservatives and UKIP back fracking in GE2017 Mat Hope DeSmog.uk | 18th May 2017 News Fracking Politics Climate Change Regulation fracking-police-cut.jpg With the major party …
The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
… dispatch from Lancashire, England's fracking frontline Mat Hope DeSmog.uk | 8th May 2017 News Fracking Protest England UK Corporations … New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now …
The UK fracking company Cuadrilla has collapsed in value as a result of falling oil and gas prices, popular protests and growing political opposition, writes Brendan Montague. Now investors are having to write off hundreds of millions they sunk into the industry.
… Fracking company valuation sinks to new lows … UK | 13th February 2015 News Fossil Fuels Fracking UK Corporations … cuadrilla-frack-off-cut.jpg The UK fracking company Cuadrilla has collapsed in … the industry. A major investor in British fracking has suffered a catastrophic fall in …
Nicola Sturgeon secretly met with pro-fracking firm Ineos on the very same day that Scotland announced its shale gas moratorium, writes Kyla Mandel - giving rise to fears of a under-the-table stitch-up.
… Scotland's 'fracking moratorium' - a free-for-all in … DeSmog UK | 13th April 2015 News Fossil Fuels Fracking UK Politics Corporations … time to reach a friendly understanding with fracking bosses. Photo: Barbara Agnew via …
Protesting against fracking in the UK is now an imprisonable offence. Without the independent media, no-one would have been there to document this seismic shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism.
… Mat Hope | 28th September 2018 Comment Fracking Preston New Road Frack Free … Protesting against fracking in the UK is now an imprisonable … to be sent to jail for protesting against fracking. Their crime? Boarding some lorries …
Is Boris Johnson's cabinet the most anti-climate action ever?
… has continued to be a staunch supporter of fracking in the UK. She told the Conservative … of Heathrow expansion, Truss also backs fracking. While Chief Secretary to the … Truss tweeted : “Good to see PM supporting fracking against NIMBY question. …
As the governing conservative party lurches ever further to the right, writes Kyla Mandel, it feels like UKIP has already won the election - six months before it's even happened. Tory ministers are already executing UKIP policies, with their ignorant but implacable hatred of renewable energy in all its forms.
… November 2014 News UK Renewables Politics Fracking Energy wind-turbines-wales-cut.jpg As … vast public subsidies at nuclear power , fracking and other fossil fuel developments - …
DeSmog UK maps connections between UK cabinet ministers and Tufton Street lobbyists.
… Patel has been a strong advocate for fracking, including in national parks. In … followers” who she said should back fracking if they “genuinely believed in … Lancashire County Council’s decision to block fracking in the area, though he later …
The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… country, such as those resisting Cuadrilla’s fracking activity in Lancashire, to try and …
This is what it’s like living in and around the proposed site for a new gold mine as a Canadian exploration outfit, Dalradian, tests the quality of the riches beneath the earth, writes MAT HOPE
… closer to home, including the ongoing fracking resistance in Lancashire . Martin …