10% support UK fracking – new record low in government survey
Just one in ten people support fracking in the UK, according to the latest results in a quarterly government survey.
‘Radioactive water disposal plan would turn national park site into toxic dump’ – campaign group
IGas should not be allowed to dispose of radioactive wastewater in a well at its Singleton oil site in the South Downs, campaigners have argued.
Woodburn Forest drilling licence relinquished
The petroleum licence which saw drilling for oil in Woodburn Forest in Northern Ireland has been relinquished.
Australian mining group takes control of fracking firm Cuadrilla
An Australian mining group has almost doubled its stake in the UK shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources.
“Boris Johnson doesn’t get climate change” – sacked COP26 chair
Claire O’Neill, the chair of the COP26 talks sacked by Boris Johnson last week, said the prime minister did not understand the climate emergency.
2035 ban on petrol/diesel vehicles will leave UK in “slow lane” of electric car revolution – campaigner
The Prime Minister is bringing forward a ban on UK sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035.
Court date in challenge to approval of Horse Hill oil production
A Surrey resident is going to the High Court for the right to challenge the approval of 20 years of oil production at the Horse Hill site near Gatwick Airport.
