Keep up to date with July 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.

Wednesday 31 July 2024

Angus Energy is seeking permission to drill up to four new wells at the UK’s largest onshore producing gas field. DrillOrDrop report on expansion plans at Saltfleetby.

No change to planning policy for onshore oil and gas. DrillOrDrop report on government plans to revise national planning policty.

Tuesday 30 July 2024

Burniston calls for environmental assessment of gas drilling plan. DrillOrDrop report that plans for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near the North Yorkshire village of Burniston should be assessed for the likely environmental impact, local people unanimously agreed last night.

Friday 26 July 2024

Tributes paid to campaigning councillor Julie Brickles. DrillOrDrop report on the life of anti-fracking campaigner and Fylde councillor, Julie Brickles who died on Thursday 25 July.

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Public must be onboard with ‘national mission’ for clean power, say experts. The Independent reports on a study by the Royal Academy of Engineering which looked at the process of shifting Britain’s power grid to clean power by 2030. It says the government must get the public onboard with the “mission” to deliver clean power by 2030 and spell out the benefits to them.

Thursday 17 July 2024

Rapid cuts to oil and gas needed to meet climate targets – CCC. DrillOrDrop report of conclusions by the Climate Change Committee that Conservative ministers failed to act to meet UK climate targets.

Wednesday 18 July 2024

Labour sets out energy plans in King’s Speech. DrillOrDrop report (see end of CCC article)

Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25. The Guardian and others report that five supporters of Just Stop Oil climate campaign have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms by a judge who told them they had “crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic”. Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin were found guilty last week of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance for coordinating direct action protests on the M25 over four days in November 2022.

Tuesday 16 July 2024

Legal challenge to new coal mine centres on landmark climate judgement. DrillOrDrop report on the recent landmark judgement over the climate impact of oil production is at the centre of the legal challenge, which began today against the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years.

Monday 15 July 2024

Plans for gas drilling and small scale frack on N Yorks heritage coast. DrillOrDrop report on Europa Oil & Gas plans for drilling near Scaborough.

Thursday 11 July 2024

Breaking: Biscathorpe oil plans quashed and government drops defence of Cumbrian coal mine after landmark court ruling. DrillOrDrop report on quashing of permission for oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds following the landmark climate judgement by the Supreme Court last month. Another key decision, to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, now looks in doubt because of the same judgement.

Tuesday 9 July 2024

Activists scale council offices over fossil fuel divestment. DrillOrDrop report on climate campaigners who climbed onto the roof of council headquarters in their bid to end pension fund investment in fossil fuels.

Friday 5 July 2024

Labour wins a landslide victory in the general election. Various reports including BBC News, House of Commons library, Sky News, ITV News, Channel 4 and the Guardian

Ed Miliband becomes new energy secretary. DrillOrDrop reports that Ed Miliband has been appointed as secretary of state for energy security and net zero in the new Starmer administration.

Wednesday 3 July 2024

Twice as many oppose fracking than support – government survey. DrillOrDrop report that more that twice as many people oppose fracking than support it, according to a long-running government survey.

Disappointment over “lack of progress” on decommissioning Cuadrilla’s fracking site. DrillOrDrop report on the latest update from Cuadrilla about decommissioning at the Preston New Road site near Blackpool.

Monday 1 July 2024

UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – April 2024. DrillOrDrop report on the latest UK onshore production data.

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