DECC abolished: Leadsom to Environment, Javid gets Local Government, Clark to Business and Energy
The government has announced it is abolishing the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which regulates some onshore oil and gas operations.
“Significant environmental effects” likely from UKOG’s National Park drilling plans
A proposal to produce oil for 20 years from a site in the South Downs National Park is likely to have significant effects on the environment, planners have concluded.
Surrey councillors approve 15 years of gas production in AONB
Surrey County Council has backed plans by IGas to convert an exploration site near Guildford to gas production.
Anti-fracking tanker protest put police in danger, court hears
A police officer described how he and a colleague were put at risk by an anti-fracking protest on a tanker delivering to the Horse Hill oil well near Gatwick.
What’s happening this week? 11-17 July 2016
DrillOrDrop’s weekly update of events about fracking, onshore oil and gas and the campaigns around them. Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Event listings for the rest of July and later in the year here
Fracking Week in Parliament – week ending 8 July 2016
Top stories in this Fracking Week in Politics: Government statements on the Committee on Climate Change report on shale gas Roger Godsiff on local views and Cuadrilla’s Lancashire appeals Callum McCaig on Freedom of Information and commercial sensitivity Chris Matheson on “back-door” tax breaks for fracking Lord Maude on speeding up […]
Bassetlaw councillors object to IGas plans for Tinker Lane, against planners’ advice
Councillors in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, have rejected the advice of officials and voted against a plan for shale gas exploration in their district. Bassetlaw’s planning committee objected, by eight to one, to an application by the IGas subsidiary Dart (East England) Ltd for a vertical exploration well at […]
Biggest health threat from fracking is climate change – new report
Encouraging fracking is unsafe and irresponsible, according to a new report, which concludes that the biggest health threat from shale gas is its contribution to global climate change.
Fracking needs tougher regulation to meet UK climate goals – report from government advisors
Shale gas development on a significant scale is inconsistent with UK carbon budgets unless three conditions are met, according to long-awaited advice to government.
Legal challenge to council approval of N Yorks fracking
The decision by North Yorkshire County Council to approve plans by Third Energy to frack at Kirby Misperton is to be challenged in court.
