A ban on shale gas fracking in England has been lifted by the government, alongside plans to limit rising energy prices.
As a result of environmental concerns and local concerns about earthquakes, the controversial practice was halted in 2019.
Chloe Hopkins has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the Beverley and Holderness constituency. She will now stand in the general election 2019 that will be held next month.
Ms Hopkins was confirmed as the candidate by the local Labour Party. She said she is proud to have been selected.
Extinction Rebellion are into their second week of protests in London. Here in Beverley just weeks ago students from local schools joined global protests staged in relation to climate change.
While London may be under siege from protesters and dividing opinion, the truth is their cause is one that impacts us all.
MP Graham Stuart says he wants to see Shale Gas companies go through the planning process and not get concessions.
Under the proposals being put forward by the government, it would make it easier for fracking companies to get planning.
Members of the local Labour Party say they will join others at an anti-Fracking Protest planned later this week.
On Thursday East Riding of Yorkshire Council planners will meet to discuss extending a licence granted to Rathlin Energy.
Members of the ERYC Liberal Democrat will be asking the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to write to Government over the proposed changes to how ‘Fracking’ Applications are dealt with.
Anger has swept across the country following news that Ministers are going to make life easier for energy companies who will no longer need planning permission to prospect for shale gas.
The Yorkshire Party wants a halt to fracking throughout the county after a poll of party members backed a motion calling for a ban of the process.
Members of the party were asked to vote on two different motions and by a vote of two to one chose the one which called for an outright ban.
I am not just standing for The Beverley Party, as I did in the last election, but I was also selected by the Green Party, the Yorkshire Party and elected Independent councillors on ERYC.
Northern anti-fracking groups today vowed to unite to prevent any fracking in the north of England. The statement follows the announcement of the 14th round of licensing
The Green Party say that the Fracking is a bankrupt industry following the news that Cuadrilla have been granted a licence for fracking rights in the East Riding.
Local environmental campaigners opposing Rathlin Energy UK have lots to talk about and celebrate when they meet up this week.
Your Labour candidates for Minster and Woodmansey are Alan Ablett, George McManus and Ann Willis.
A pioneering farmer is planning to convert mountains of food waste into clean and green energy for thousands of homes in East Yorkshire.
John Bird, managing director of F D Bird and Sons of Leven, is in the vanguard of East Yorkshire recycling at his Leven site.
Anti-fracking protesters have again taken to the road as a look to remind local residents of the dangers that the extraction of shale gas poses to the environment.
The Green Party Manifesto, ‘For the Common Good’, will be unveiled by Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett, and Green MP Caroline Lucas, in London.
HU17.net caught up with Neil Harris who will be standing in St Mary’s Ward in the 2015 elections. Mr. Harris is Sustainability Office at HEY Hospital Trust and is passionate about the place he calls home.
Richard Howarth, Green Party Candidate for Beverley and Holderness, exposes the risk of nuclear and fracking waste disposal in the East Riding.
Toll Gavel United Church was the chosen venue for the premier of a new film called Voices From The Gas Fields.