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England & Wales

New Gas in the UK: Battlegrounds set at Balcombe and West Burton

The community campaign against Quadrilla at Balcomb, Sussex, is at a critical point. Images: Frack Off. As the drilling equipment rolls into rural Britain the public debate has begun, accompanied…
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Environment

Falkirk gas wells to release 5 tonnes of methane a day

• Information obtained by Frack Off Scotland reveals plans to release 7000 times more of the potent greenhouse gas than previously claimed. • Over 2500 residents have now signed up…
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*Essays*

After 160 years Central Scotland has had enough

The central belt’s fossil-fuel industrialists: James ‘Paraffin’ Young; John (Lord) Browne, BP; Mark Lappin, Dart Energy. When new technology offers us great promise – and the new gas boom certainly…
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