Landmark ruling on oil and gas emissions is vulnerable – campaigner warns
The campaigner who won a landmark legal victory at the Supreme Court over the climate impact of burning oil and gas has warned that the judgement is “vulnerable”.
Updated: Council will not defend Wressle expansion challenge
The council that approved plans for expansion of the Wressle oil and gas site near Scunthorpe will not defend a legal challenge, it was reported this morning.
Legal challenge to new coal mine centres on landmark climate judgement
The recent landmark judgement over the climate impact of oil production is at the centre of the legal challenge, which began today against the UK’s first coal mine for 30 years.
Breaking: Biscathorpe oil plans quashed and government drops defence of Cumbrian coal mine after landmark court ruling
Permission for oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds has been quashed following the landmark climate judgement by the Supreme Court last month. Another key decision, to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, now looks in doubt because of the same judgement.
UKOG threatens libel action against councillor
The company behind plans to explore for gas near a Surrey village has threatened to sue a senior local councillor for libel.
Mozambique gas project could lift “millions out of poverty” – government lawyer
The UK government has defended its decision to invest $1.15bn in a massive gas scheme in Mozambique.
“Priced out of justice” – environment organisation forced to withdraw from challenge to fracking protest injunction
Friends of the Earth said today the threat of “huge financial penalties” had forced it to withdraw from a court challenge to Cuadrilla’s injunction against protests outside its fracking site near Blackpool.
Under half the arrests at N Yorks fracking protest resulted in convictions
Data from a Yorkshire law firm shows that less than half the arrests made at protests outside Third Energy’s fracking site ended in a conviction.
IGas defends depth of Ellesmere Port gas well
IGas has defended its well at Ellesmere Port against allegations that it was more than 1,000m deeper than had been approved in the planning permission.
FOE’s fracking leaflet – the key arguments
DrillOrDrop has identified some of the key arguments over Friends of the Earth’s disputed fund-raising leaflet about fracking.
DRILL OR DROP? 