Rishi Sunak’s delay to decarbonisation of buildings and vehicles will make it harder for the UK to meet its emissions targets, the government’s climate advisor said this afternoon.
The Environment Agency has given formal consent for oil and gas production at an expanded West Newton-A well site in East Yorkshire.
Operators of a Dorset oil site which has produced nothing since 2014 want to extend its life for another 10 years.
The Office for Environmental Protection has been given permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in a landmark legal challenge over the climate impact of oil production in Surrey.
Scotland’s progress on carbon-cutting targets has largely stalled, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has concluded.
Climate change driven by humans is already causing dangerous and widespread disruption, international scientists warned this morning.
Major plans for oil and gas production in East Yorkshire are “fundamentally flawed and should be refused”, experts said today.
The public inquiry into plans to explore for gas in Surrey closed this morning with final arguments.
There was a real risk that Third Energy might not be able to decommission its gas wells in North Yorkshire under new owners, the High Court was told today.
The amount of carbon that would be emitted during any future oil production at West Newton in East Yorkshire would be smaller than the UK onshore average, according to the conclusions of a study announced today.
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