Proposals to explore for gas near the edge of the North York Moors would not cause “significant harm” to the national park, the park’s authority agreed this morning.
The UK should cut its carbon emissions by 81% by 2035, the government’s climate advisor said today.
The council that approved plans for expansion of the Wressle oil and gas site near Scunthorpe will not defend a legal challenge, it was reported this morning.
The onshore well site at the centre of a recent landmark legal judgement has continued to produce oil, according to official data, even though it has no planning permission.
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
The government’s climate advisor has warned ministers against weakening the budgets on carbon emission.
Council leaders are due to decide next week whether to take court action against gas drilling near a village in Surrey.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla Resources, is looking at conventional oil and gas opportunities in the UK after predicting no fracking this year.
Environmental campaigners have dismissed Surrey County Council’s use of the term “extremism” for anti-fracking protests.
This post has live updates from Surrey County Council ‘s planning committee meeting considering an oil well drilled at Brockham in 2017 against council advice.
DRILL OR DROP? 