A planning inspector has allowed long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds, even though he admitted it would harm the landscape and beauty of the area.
Balcombe residents have failed in their legal challenge against testing at the oil site in their village.
Waverley Borough Council said today it was taking legal advice and considering an appeal following the dismissal of its court challenge over gas drilling near Dunsfold.
The climate impact of using fossil fuels must be assessed before any decision is made on production plans, a landmark challenge at the Supreme Court argued today.
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in summer 2023 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
The oil and gas industry regulator has began another investigation into the suspected failure of a company to comply with licence obligations.
The village at the centre of anti-fracking protests 10 years ago is taking on the oil industry again.
Officials have taken the first steps to force IGas to restore its shale gas site at Misson Springs in Nottinghamshire.
The county which hosted the UK’s only high volume fracking sites voted unanimously this afternoon to keep planning decisions on the process with the local planning authority.
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