US Edition'Drill Baby, Drill': Lincolnshire Mayor Criticised over Fracking Talks with US Energy Companies
Mayor Jenkyns has met US fracking firms four times since last June to support a £110 billion gas field promising up to 250,000 jobs, despite UK fracking bans.
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Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns caught courting US oil baron to bring fracking to Lincolnshire
Andrea Jenkyns, the Reform mayor for Lincolnshire, has corresponded with the head of an American oil and gas giant in the hopes of opening up the UK to fracking. The environmentally ruinous practice was effectively banned in Britain back in 2019 due to questions over its safety. On 24 February, the Guardian reported that Jenkyns emailed US fracking firm Heyco Energy to ask how she: could help with your recent gas find in my county. In 2025, Heyc…
Reform mayor courted American oil and gas executive about fracking in the UK
The Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Andrea Jenkyns, has approached the head of a US oil and gas company in a bid to bring fracking back to the county. The Guardian has reported that Jenkyns reached out to Edgon Resources, a British subsidiary of US oil and gas company Heyco Energy, to ask how she “could help with your recent gas find in my county”. This came after a major gas discovery in Lincolnshire’s Gainsborough Trough last year. Frack…
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