Fracking Portal

Welcome to the Fracking Portal on Powerbase - your guide to networks of power and deceptive PR

Powerbase's Fracking Portal aims to shine a light on the activities of the lobbyists-for-hire working for the fracking industry in the UK, Brussels and beyond. For a timeline of the UK governments push [[Timeline: Shale gas in the UK]. To take a tour of some of the major lobbying firms, industry lobbying groups and think tanks that surround Parliament in central London, visit the Westminster Lobbying Map Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a managing editor and a sysop and several associate portal editors. The editor of the Lobbying Portal is Tamasin Cave tamasin.cave AT Powerbase.info.

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Categories This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch. Categories associated with this page: Lobbying firms Lobbyists Lobbying groups Food Industry lobby groups Lobbying industry organisations Euro Lobbyists Revolving door Conflicts of Interest See Also EU lobbying Changes to Lobbying pages on Powerbase Recent Changes to pages on Lobbying firms Recent changes to pages on Lobbyists References and Resources External websites: Alliance for Lobbying Transparency: A coalition of trade unions and NGOs campaigning for lobbying transparency rules in the UK, namely a mandatory register of lobbying activity. Public Administration Select Committee report into lobbying, the first Parliamentary inquiry into lobbying in the UK for 17 years.

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