Reporting the prosecutions of campaigners arrested at protests against the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas
A landmark legal case on the climate impacts of onshore oil production, to be heard by the Supreme Court in June, could threaten plans for a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria – as well as other fossil fuel developments.
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
Campaigners have been granted permission to challenge last year’s decision by the government to issue new oil and gas licences.
The Office for Environmental Protection has been given permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in a landmark legal challenge over the climate impact of oil production in Surrey.
The legal challenge to drilling for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold will go to the High Court in eight weeks.
Residents have submitted their legal case over an extended test at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
Residents in the West Sussex village of Balcombe are seeking to set a legal precedent against onshore oil and gas operations across southern England.
The High Court has given the go-ahead to a legal challenge against gas drilling near the Surrey village of Dunsfold.
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.
Opponents of plans to explore for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold take their case to the Royal Courts of Justice next week.
DRILL OR DROP? 