UKOG declares interim loss of £1.3m
UK Oil & Gas plc reported an operating loss of £1.32m for the six months to the end of March 2023, slightly larger than the year before.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
IGas becomes Star Energy
IGas Energy plc confirmed today its name has changed to Star Energy Group plc.
Cuadrilla back in the red, value of shale gas assets to be cut
Cuadrilla’s Australian owner is to cut the value of UK shale gas exploration assets, following the reinstatement of the moratorium on fracking in England last year.
Church of England divests from fossil fuels
The Church of England is pulling its investment in major fossil fuel companies because they failed to align with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
New watchdog’s first legal challenge opposes government over counting carbon
The government’s new environmental watchdog has been on the opposite side of the legal argument from a minister in its first court case.
Campaigners take fossil fuel climate challenge to Supreme Court
The climate impact of using fossil fuels must be assessed before any decision is made on production plans, a landmark challenge at the Supreme Court argued today.
Pictures: Campaigners gather outside Supreme Court for landmark legal challenge
Opponents of oil production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey gathered outside the Supreme Court this morning for the start of a legal challenge that will have major implications for new fossil fuel projects.
Why does landmark challenge on Horse Hill oil matter?
A pivotal legal challenge that will have major implications for new fossil fuel projects in the UK opens at the Supreme Court in London this morning.
Labour to phase out onshore oil and gas as well as North Sea
Labour’s policy to end oil and gas exploration in the North Sea will also apply onshore, the party has said.
No damages for fracking industry over reinstatement of moratorium, despite threat of “mammoth legal challenge”
Government departments paid no compensation to UK shale gas companies over the restoration of the fracking moratorium, even though the industry warned of a multi-million pound court action.
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