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Scotland Extends Fracking Moratorium Again

08.10.2019 - The Scottish government has again extended its indefinite moratorium on shale gas exploitation, but as before sidestepped the definitive ban that climate campaigners and more...

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Scotland Extends Ineos Shale License

15.07.2019 - Scotland’s devolved government has come under fire from environmentalist NGOs for its decision to extend Ineos Shale’s onshore exploration license for the Scottish central belt...

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UK Court Cans Ineos Anti-Protest Injunction

04.04.2019 - Ruling in a long-running dispute between anti-fracking campaigners and Ineos, the UK Court of Appeals has handed an at least partial victory to the protestors. The judgment...

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Court Tosses out UK Fracking Guidance

13.03.2019 - The British government’s efforts to promote shale gas keep getting more difficult. After a series of minor earth tremors last autumn mandated yet another interruption of...

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Shale Firms Wants Fewer Fracking Limits

03.01.2019 - Both Cuadrilla and Ineos Shale have called on the government to raise the threshold for seismic tremors so that drilling can continue uninterrupted. Current British rules oblige...

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Ineos Loses Scottish Fracking Challenge

21.06.2018 - Score one for the Scottish government – for now. Reaching a verdict fairly quickly after hearing a challenge brought by Ineos Upstream and gas producer Reach CSG against Scotland’s...

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Ineos Shale seeks new Drill Permit in Yorkshire

19.06.2018 - After winning its appeal against a decision by the Rotherham Council in Yorkshire to deny the company permission for test drilling at a greenbelt site in Harthill, Ineos Shale has...

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Ineos Criticized for National Trust Lawsuit

15.03.2018 - Environmental advocacy groups across the UK and beyond are joining together to protest Ineos’ plans to sue the charity National Trust to allow seismic testing in Nottinghamshire’s...