UK pulls $1.15bn support for Mozambique gas project
The UK government has withdrawn $1.15bn (£870m) support for a controversial gas project in Mozambique.
Regulator drops objection to Burniston gas drilling and fracking
The Environment Agency has withdrawn is objection to controversial plans to explore for gas, including lower volume fracking, in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.
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.
Venting data revised down at UK onshore oil site
The industry regulator has revised down recent monthly volumes for methane vented at the Kimmeridge oil well in Dorset to almost nothing.
Former frack site revealed as green energy pioneer
A controversial former fracking pad that divided a North Yorkshire community has become a test site for geothermal energy production.
Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Legal challenges to Cumbrian coal mine go to High Court
Two legal challenges to the government’s decision to allow a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria are to be heard at the High Court.
Residents get go-ahead for court challenge to Balcombe oil test
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
Balcombe oil test gets go ahead
Plans for a well test at the controversial oil site at Balcombe in West Sussex have been approved.
Peers inflict defeats on government anti-protest measures
Key parts of government plans to crack down on protest were blocked in the House of Lords yesterday.
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