Supreme Court oil site operates without permission
The onshore well site at the centre of a recent landmark legal judgement has continued to produce oil, according to official data, even though it has no planning permission.
The onshore well site at the centre of a recent landmark legal judgement has continued to produce oil, according to official data, even though it has no planning permission.
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.
New onshore oil and gas developments are planned at 15 sites in England, a new map reveals, as leading scientists insist additional fossil fuel operations are incompatible with fighting climate change.
Formal plans have been submitted for a new Lincolnshire oil site that could produce up to 90,000 tonnes a year.
Rathlin Energy is apparently no longer targeting oil at its two sites at West Newton in East Yorkshire.
Plans to revive oil production at a small site in the Surrey greenbelt were approved this morning.
Opponents of fracking for shale gas have dismissed comments made by IGas about the role of its Misson site in Nottinghamshire in solving the energy crisis.
The company behind one of the largest onshore oil production projects in recent years is pressing on despite being refused planning permission.
More than 700 environmental organisations, climate campaigners, physicians and community groups are asking Ireland to introduce a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to ban fracking.