25 years of oil and gas extraction from a site in East Yorkshire is unlikely to have significant effects on the environment, council planners have ruled.
Campaigners who challenged the lawfulness of the UK government’s climate policies have lost their fight at the High Court.
Environmental campaigners have dismissed statements by Angus Energy that proposed production from its Brockham site in Surrey would help meet a national need for oil.
The UK government is seeking views on new climate criteria that oil and gas projects must meet to be approved.
Council officials refused a request by IGas to abandon one of its wells in Lincolnshire this weekend because the rig that would have been used breached planning rules.
UK Oil & Gas chief executive Stephen Sanderson bought 985,221 shares in the company this month, at a price of 0.1015p per share, the company has confirmed.
The operator of the Wressle oil site in North Lincolnshire said well testing would be completed early next year.
A 17-year-old climate activist from Brockham in Surrey is urging local people to object to plans for 15 years of oil production plans in her village as the deadline approaches for public comments.
More than twice as many people oppose fracking than support it, according to a new government survey published today.
The company behind oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey has announced plans to develop geothermal energy at the site.
