Greenpeace has lost a legal challenge to the UK government’s decision to allow BP to drill 30 million barrels of oil from the Vorlich Field in the North Sea.
Consumers will be better protected from fluctuating gas prices as wind and solar provide more energy, the business secretary said today.
A government survey of public attitudes on energy issues has dropped some questions about fracking and will ask others less frequently.
Key figures Barrels of oil per day (bopd): 14,154
Councillors on the Isle of Wight will decide later this month whether to give the go-ahead for oil exploration at Arreton.
Courts will get new powers aimed at deterring disruptive protests, the home secretary announced this morning.
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The UK government is being urged today to withdraw from a legal challenge about the climate impacts of oil production in Surrey.
Opponents of 20 years of production and six new wells at an oil field in East Yorkshire have been celebrating the refusal of planning permission.
One of the UK’s largest onshore oil and gas proposals in recent years was refused this morning.
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