Leading organisations warn against new oil and gas fields
More than 140 environmental and social justice organisations have warned that opening new oil and gas fields would lock the UK into higher energy bills for longer.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
June 2023 headlines
Keep up to date with June 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
UK onshore oil and gas production in charts – March 2023
DrillOrDrop’s review of the latest UK onshore production data, for March 2023, reveals the lowest monthly oil volume and daily extraction rate for 12 years, while flared gas was at a record high.
Summer 2023 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in summer 2023 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Date set for Balcombe v Gove
Balcombe residents will be at the High Court in London next month for their legal challenge to the government go-ahead for oil testing in their village.
Egdon Resources seeks 10 more years at Waddock Cross oil site
Operators of a Dorset oil site which has produced nothing since 2014 want to extend its life for another 10 years.
Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
N Kelsey oil plans “clear and obvious conflict” with UK climate commitments – expert
The plan to drill for oil near the Lincolnshire village of North Kelsey conflicts with the UK’s international commitments to tackle climate change, a leading scientist has warned.
UK risks missing out on net zero opportunities, says CCC
Net zero could create hundreds of thousands of new green jobs – but stronger government support is needed, a briefing said today.
Legal challenges to Cumbrian coal mine go to High Court
Two legal challenges to the government’s decision to allow a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria are to be heard at the High Court.
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