Government admits climate policies don’t meet emissions targets
UK policies to cut carbon emissions fall short of national and international commitments, the government admitted today.
“Nowhere is safe if Balcombe oil exploration goes ahead”
Residents in the West Sussex village of Balcombe are seeking to set a legal precedent against onshore oil and gas operations across southern England.
Challenge to Surrey gas drilling goes to court
Opponents of plans to explore for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold take their case to the Royal Courts of Justice next week.
February 2023 headlines
Keep up to date with February 2023’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Judges dismiss challenge to $1.15bn UK investment in Mozambique gas scheme
The Court of Appeal has rejected a legal challenge to UK government investment of $1.15bn in a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique.
Review of 2022: the year fracking was off, on, then off again
Fracking in England in 2022 was tied to the fate of the three prime ministers who held office during the year.
Legal challenge over UK funding of Mozambique gas project goes to appeal court
Government approval of $1.15bn financing for a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique will be challenged at the Court of Appeal this morning (Tuesday 5 December 2022).
Fracking moratorium is a “betrayal” – Cuadrilla’s owner
Cuadrilla’s Australian owner has condemned the reinstatement of the moratorium on fracking in England as a betrayal of the shale gas industry.
Jailed pipeline protester to appeal over contempt of court sentence
The climate campaigner who was jailed yesterday for contempt of court over a pipeline protest is to appeal.
Update: Climate protester leaves pipeline site after arrest warrant issued
Updated on 3 September 2022: A climate protester has left a site in Surrey that he has occupied for 33 days in protest at Esso’s new jet fuel pipeline.
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