Tag: Cuadrilla's Preston New Road

• Saturday, October 8th 2016 - 10:47 UTC

  Fracking controversy erupts in UK following approval of shale gas industry request

  

  Horizontal fracking can go ahead, the British government has said, in a landmark ruling for the UK shale gas industry. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for fracking at Cuadrilla's Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton in Lancashire.