Scottish government admits climate law breach
The Scottish government has accepted it breached climate commitments and has pledged to start “urgent work” on a remedy.
The Scottish government has accepted it breached climate commitments and has pledged to start “urgent work” on a remedy.
Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells in Lancashire should be decommissioned in six months. But the company’s deadline depends on the availability of a rig.
Egdon Resources has announced it is withdrawing from an appeal on its oil site at North Kelsey in Lincolnshire just days before the hearing.
Officials have taken the first steps to force IGas to restore its shale gas site at Misson Springs in Nottinghamshire.
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has left its headquarters in Lancashire after nearly five years and moved to serviced offices near Manchester Airport.
The government has no plans to extend the moratorium on fracking to other forms of well stimulation, correspondence has revealed.
The safety regulator for the nuclear industry has no information about the risk of earth tremors from fracking near the Hinkley Point power station, a campaign group has revealed.
Britain’s biggest shale gas company told officials it needed more time to carry out agreed work on a drilling licence in Greater Manchester.
In this guest post, Lancashire resident Barbara Richardson explains her frustration that the energy minister won’t meet local people to listen to their concerns about fracking.
A resident’s group in Surrey has discovered a loophole in oil and gas regulations that allow some wells to be stimulated or used for reinjection without specific controls.