In this guest post, David Eddy, a campaigner with Drawing a Line in the Chalk in North Yorkshire, reviews the change in direction in national planning policy on onshore oil and gas and asks whether it will make any practical difference to the communities living with the risks?
Landowners in North Yorkshire who lease sites to oil and gas companies have been warned they could be responsible for the costs of clean-up and restoration.
Opponents of lower-volume fracking have questioned the safety of the process proposed at a gas site in East Yorkshire.
The Environment Agency has extended the consultation period at a second site where lower-volume fracking is planned in Yorkshire.
A second community group has asked for more time to comment on the environmental impact of fracturing plans in Yorkshire.
The public consultation has been extended on the environmental impact of plans to drill and fracture a gas well at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
People living near an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire have complained to officials about plans for small-scale fracking.
The Environment Agency (EA) has extended a public consultation on changes to the operation of an East Yorkshire oil and gas site after pressure from residents.
