Gas drilling and lower-volume fracking near the North York Moors National Park should not go-ahead because of flaws in the official environmental assessment, a consultation has revealed.
The Burnham government has confirmed it will not ban lower-volume fracking.
Production at the UK’s newest onshore oil site has dropped 15%, accounts from one of the partners have revealed.
A public consultation opened today on the Environment Agency’s (EA) draft decision to grant consent for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
On the first full day of the Burnham government, campaigners have warned that people in 79 English constituencies could face a form of fracking unless a legal loophole is closed.
The company behind gas plans in North Yorkshire announced losses of more than £4 million in its annual accounts.
An American-owned hydrocarbon company is backing plans for gas production in the North York Moors National Park, it was revealed today.
Two Cuadrilla subsidiaries have formally gone out of business.
Legal papers have been submitted to the High Court in a legal challenge against plans for lower-volume fracking at an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Europa Oil & Gas, the company behind rejected plans for lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire, is also pursuing developments at three other sites onshore in the UK, it revealed today.
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