Emails raise questions over EA independence on Burniston fracking
Correspondence about permission for gas drilling and fracking in North Yorkshire has prompted concerns about the independence of the environmental regulator.
Second oil expansion plan accused of defective climate assessment
Campaigners have criticised another oil operator for a “flawed assessment” of the climate impact of drilling and production plans.
N Yorks Council “burying its head in the sand” over Burniston gas plan complaints
Burniston has stepped up its action against North Yorkshire Council’s handling of plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking.
Village agrees next phase of fight against fracking plan
Villagers in North Yorkshire have agreed to spend more money in their campaign against gas drilling and a form of fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.
Updated: Cuadrilla gets more time for frack site decommissioning
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has been given just over four weeks to start plugging the shale gas wells at its mothballed Preston New Road site in Lancashire.
Archaeological challenge to Wressle expansion plans
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
