Egdon submits first assessment of climate impact of onshore oil
A landmark legal judgement on the climate impact of onshore oil has forced the UK’s first ever formal assessment of carbon emissions from burning hydrocarbons.
Cuadrilla breaches planning consent over failure to abandon fracking wells
The UK’s most controversial shale gas site has failed to meet the deadline to plug two fracked wells – putting it in breach of planning consent.
Campaigners call for stop on oil sales from Supreme Court well site
The group which secured a landmark legal judgement on climate emissions from onshore oil is calling for a block on sales extracted unlawfully at a wellsite in Surrey.
Horse Hill – council “assessing next steps”
The authority which unlawfully granted planning permission for oil production at Horse Hill is continuing to “review the matter”, a spokesperson said this morning.
End of the line for Broadford Bridge?
A mothballed oil exploration site in West Sussex looks is if must now be restored to farmland.
Breaking: “Enough is enough” – councillors call time on UKOG’s Broadford Bridge oil site
A West Sussex oil site that has been mothballed since 2018 has been refused more time.
Campaigners toast end of Notts shale gas site
Shale gas opponents were celebrating victory today in a 10-year David and Goliath battle in Nottinghamshire.
Norwegian campaigners secure historic win on key issue at centre of Horse Hill landmark legal challenge
The arguments at the centre of a landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil production have secured a separate historic court win against the Norwegian government.
Ministerial answer on new oil helps our case, say Balcombe campaigners
Campaigners challenging well testing in the West Sussex village of Balcombe believe their case has been helped by a minister’s recent admission on production from new oil fields.
Oil and gas opponents add voice to campaign against Cumbrian coal mine
Campaigners opposing onshore oil and gas developments in south east England are travelling to Cumbria to join a protest against a new coal mine in Whitehaven.
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