Foxholes seeks PM’s support over gas drilling fears
Residents in a Yorkshire Wolds village have asked the prime minister for help in their opposition to local gas drilling plans.
Residents in a Yorkshire Wolds village have asked the prime minister for help in their opposition to local gas drilling plans.
Gas drilling in a small village in the Yorkshire Wolds would cause “unacceptable harm”, a leading campaign organisation has said.
An American-owned hydrocarbon company is backing plans for gas production in the North York Moors National Park, it was revealed today.
The site at the centre of a landmark legal challenge is seeking to produce more than 600,000 tonnes of oil over the next 20 years, releasing about two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe would result in more than one million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases, documents have revealed. But the developer, Egdon Resources, has said the proposal would not have a significant impact on climate change.
The campaigner challenging consent for lower-volume fracking in East Yorkshire has added a new ground to his case.
Councillors have opposed controversial plans to drill and frack for gas in the village of Burniston, near Scarborough.
North Yorkshire planners have recommended approval of plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking by Europa Oil & Gas Limited at Burniston, near Scarborough.
Residents of the North Yorkshire village facing plans for gas exploration are afraid they may be used as guineapigs for proppant squeeze, a form of lower-volume fracking.
Opponents of lower-volume fracking have questioned the safety of the process proposed at a gas site in East Yorkshire.