Breaking: Activists occupy rig at Horse Hill oil site
Two fathers in their 50s have occupied the rig at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey this morning in protest at fossil extraction.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Dunsfold drilling decision delayed to November
A meeting to reconsider plans by UK Oil & Gas plc to drill at the village of Dunsfold in Surrey has been postponed for another month.
Renewables help Scotland head industrial nations in fall in greenhouse gas emissions – but future cuts will be “hard won”
The growth of low carbon electricity generation resulted in a drop in Scottish greenhouse gas emissions by almost a third in the decade to 2018, a new report revealed today.
“Substantial losses” at Horse Hill
The operator of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey made “substantial losses”, its latest accounts have revealed.
Online art sale to raise money for legal challenge to oil drilling
Works by established artists have gone on sale to raise funds for a court case about production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey.
Angus to quit Brockham if water reinjection not permitted
Angus Energy has said it will abandon the Brockham oil field in Surrey if it does not get permission to reinject waste water.
Judge dismisses challenge on decommissioning costs of Third Energy wells
An anti-fracking campaigner who argued that the cost of decommissioning Third Energy’s gas wells in North Yorkshire could fall on the taxpayer has lost his legal case. Eddie Thornton told the high court in July that the industry regulator, the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA,) had failed to […]
Slow walk protest over oil production at Horse Hill
Climate campaigners deliberately slowed down three tankers bound this morning for the Horse Hill oil production site in Surrey.
Drilling begins at West Newton-B
Drilling began this morning on the main borehole at the West Newton-B exploration site in East Yorkshire, site operator Rathlin Energy has announced.
Breaking: Climate activists occupy land planned for Ineos Project One in Belgium
Climate campaigners from across Europe are reporting they have occupied a site earmarked by Ineos for a major chemicals complex in Belgium.
