Government warned transition to clean electricity is not fast enough
Households are facing higher energy bills because the UK is not electrifying fast enough, government advisers warned today.
Households are facing higher energy bills because the UK is not electrifying fast enough, government advisers warned today.
The site at the centre of a landmark legal challenge is seeking to produce more than 600,000 tonnes of oil over the next 20 years, releasing about two million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
The lawyer who successfully led a landmark challenge on onshore oil and gas at the Supreme Court was appointed an OBE in the King’s birthday honours.
The campaign group behind a landmark legal judgement on carbon emissions has criticised official advice to government on the climate impact of onshore oil and gas.
An investor in the Wressle and West Newton fields warned today that government policy has made its UK business “increasingly difficult to progress”.
Expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe would result in more than one million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases, documents have revealed. But the developer, Egdon Resources, has said the proposal would not have a significant impact on climate change.
Publication of plans to restart oil production at Horse Hill – suspended after a landmark Supreme Court ruling – is unlikely for several weeks.
The campaigner challenging consent for lower-volume fracking in East Yorkshire has added a new ground to his case.
UK Oil & Gas plc announced this morning it has submitted a revised planning application for its Horse Hill site , near Redhill, in Surrey.
Councillors have opposed controversial plans to drill and frack for gas in the village of Burniston, near Scarborough.