Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
Protesters from across south-east England gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London this morning to voice their anger at the government overturning Surrey County Council’s refusal of planning permission for gas exploration near the village of Dunsfold.
The UK is relying on emerging technologies for carbon reduction that may not work, a campaign network has argued.
Three groundwater monitoring boreholes have been installed at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey, the owner UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has announced.
A proposal to condemn fracking as “inappropriate” in North Yorkshire failed this afternoon.
Opponents of plans to explore for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold take their case to the Royal Courts of Justice next week.
The government was defeated eight times in the House of Lords yesterday on its proposed legislation to limit certain types of protest.
More than 200 organisations, including the Women’s Institute, have joined celebrities and climate campaigners to oppose plans to develop the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland.
The gasfield near the Surrey village of Dunsfold could generate up to £124m for the operator, UK Oil & Gas plc, according to a report released today.
Friends of the Earth, which challenged government funding of $1.15bn for a major gas project in Mozambique, has lodged an appeal at the UK’s highest court.
Plans for a well test at the controversial oil site at Balcombe in West Sussex have been approved.
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