Waddock Cross oil expansion decision delayed over climate questions
The decision on expansion of oil production in rural Dorset was deferred this morning because councillors wanted more information on the climate impact.
Council planners back two more years at Broadford Bridge oil site
The life of a mothballed exploration site should be extended for another two years to allow an oil company to review data from two other wells in southern England, council planners have recommended.
East Yorkshire backs fossil fuel divestment
Councillors in East Yorkshire voted unanimously this afternoon for a review of pension fund investments away from fossil fuels
Updated DrillOrDrop factcheck: Web articles on Misson shale gas site
DrillOrDrop has worked with local people to factcheck web articles by The Sun and LBC about IGas’s Misson Springs shale gas site in Nottinghamshire.
Breaking: Restoration of dormant Broadford Bridge oil site delayed for another two years
The life of a dormant oil site was extended today for the fourth time by councillors in West Sussex.
Councillors hear arguments over West Newton-A production – again
For a second time, opponents and supporters of plans for expansion at an oil site in East Yorkshire have put their cases to councillors.
Councillors back local fracking controls for North Yorkshire
A council which backed fracking nearly six years ago has adopted new planning rules that could restrict proposals for the controversial process.
Rathlin Energy reveals scaled-back expansion plans for West Newton-A
Rathlin Energy has given more details of revised extension and production plans at its West Newton-A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire.
Appeal over Balcombe well test not “foremost in our minds” – Angus Energy
Angus Energy is “weighing up the consequences” of appealing against refusal of a well test at its Balcombe oil site. But the decision was not “foremost” in its mind, it said.
Guest post: Cheshire campaigners win “major and decisive fracking battle”
With the government announcement last week to postpone its decision on plans at IGas’s Ellesmere Port site in Cheshire, a member of Frack Free Upton reflects on, and celebrates, the local campaign against the onshore gas industry.
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