Four people have so far been arrested in a protest against fracking in Greater Manchester. More than 50 anti-fracking activists from across the nation gathered this morning to protest against IGas Energy’s plans to drill at Barton Moss. Greater Manchester Police arrested three men aged 41, 42 and 47 and a woman “on suspicion of […]

Mancunians may well be bracing themselves for a fracking storm – as shale gas drilling is set to head to Greater Manchester. Oil and gas drilling firm IGas has confirmed plans to test for shale gas reserves on a plot of land next door to the airport at Barton Aerodrome. Their site by Tunnel Farm […]

More shale gas has been found in the North West of England by exploration firm IGas which reckons there could be as much as 170 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of the unconventional gas in the acreage it has a licence for. That’s on top of 200tcf reserves which fellow exploration firm Cuadrilla Resources believes exist […]