Tag: carbon dioxide

Climate change protesters block Surrey oil site

By Ruth Hayhurst on December 10, 2019 • ( 22 Comments )

Campaigners from Extinction Rebellion have locked themselves together to block the entrance of the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick.

Investigation: Beauty spot oil well releases hundreds of tonnes of methane into the atmosphere

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 17, 2018 • ( 52 Comments )

A small oil well on the world heritage coast in Dorset is legally allowed to emit hundreds of tonnes of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, annually direct into the atmosphere.