Tributes paid to former MEP Keith Taylor
The former Green Party MEP and environmental campaigner, Keith Taylor, has died, aged 69.
Climate activist jailed over pipeline protest
A climate campaigner who protested against a new jet fuel pipeline to Heathrow airport has been jailed for contempt of court.
Government wins oil drilling case: emissions would not have “material effect on climate change”
Greenpeace has lost a legal challenge to the UK government’s decision to allow BP to drill 30 million barrels of oil from the Vorlich Field in the North Sea.
XR campaigners block Fawley oil refinery
Climate campaigners blockaded an entrance to the UK’s largest oil refinery, at Fawley in Hampshire today.
Environmental campaigner joins gas company board to develop renewables
A former would-be fracking company has appointed a leading opponent as a director to help it go green.
Tributes to campaigner Max Rosenberg
Tributes have been paid to Max Rosenberg, a campaigner against the onshore oil and gas industry, who has died.
Campaigner acquitted of trespass at Horse Hill oil site
An environmental campaigner who took part in a 12-hour protest on a rig platform at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been cleared of aggravated trespass.
Updated: Death of anti-fracking campaigner Ian Crane
Tributes have been paid to the opponent of fracking, Ian R Crane, who died last week (25/2/2021) after a long illness.
2021 research update
This post has links to more than 70 studies, briefings and research papers on fracking and the UK onshore oil and gas industry published since 2018.
Council defends decision to allow 20 years of oil production at Horse Hill – day 2 judicial review
Surrey County Council told the High Court today it had acted lawfully in granting consent for two decades of production at the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick Airport.
DRILL OR DROP? 