Shale gas

Fracking, Environment

Scottish Government rejects legal ban on fracking

Rob Edwards on October 3, 2019October 4, 2019

Scottish ministers have rejected calls for a watertight legal ban on fracking, promising instead that they would use planning policy to block the technology indefinitely.

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Environment, Fracking

Ineos plans for fracked gas at Grangemouth under fire

Rob Edwards on March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

A £450 million plan by Ineos to develop the Grangemouth petrochemical complex for fracking is facing fierce opposition.

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Politics, Fracking

Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking

Rob Edwards on February 27, 2017May 26, 2017

Jim Ratcliffe, boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer to muzzle the unions.

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Environment, Fracking

Fracking noise harms health, say US experts

Rob Edwards on January 30, 2017

Loud noises produced by the fracking industry could cause sleep deprivation, stress and heart disease in surrounding communities.

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Environment, Fracking, Health

Fracking could cause childhood cancer, says US study

Rob Edwards on November 1, 2016November 23, 2016

Chemical contamination from the fracking industry could increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, according to new study by US scientists.

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Environment, Fracking

Fracking won’t be safe, warn experts

Rob Edwards on October 12, 2016

Fracking will not be safely regulated in Scotland, according to an expert report.

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Environment, Fracking

Scottish Government tells Glasgow not to ban fracking

Rob Edwards on October 10, 2016

Glasgow City Council has been prevented from banning fracking by Scottish Government officials.

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Environment, Fracking

Fracking company supplying Scotland fined for pollution

Rob Edwards on September 26, 2016

One of the US fracking companies contracted to deliver gas to Scotland has been fined for contaminating the environment, prompting calls for Scotland to ban the industry.

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Environment, Fracking

Ineos hires new managers to frack central Scotland

Rob Edwards on May 9, 2016September 29, 2017

The Grangemouth petrochemical company is pressing ahead with fracking plans despite the Scottish Government's moratorium.

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MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak

Written by Keith MacKenzie

Do not give Ineos £500m Covid bail-out, say campaigners

Written by Rob Edwards

Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside

Written by Richard Baynes

Rape charity demands changes after judge condemns trial

Written by Billy Briggs