Kimmeridge oil site burns gas because of equipment delays
The oil production site on cliffs at Kimmeridge bay in Dorset has installed a flare to burn waste gas – despite being ordered three years ago to use the gas to generate electricity.
The oil production site on cliffs at Kimmeridge bay in Dorset has installed a flare to burn waste gas – despite being ordered three years ago to use the gas to generate electricity.
The communities’ secretary is still considering an application for long-term oil production at West Newton-A in East Yorkshire.
The government announced today it was reviving plans to make the popular protest technique of locking on a criminal offence.
Plans by Egdon Resources to drill for oil in Lincolnshire will not cut energy bills, opponents said during a 17-mile pilgrimage between two proposed sites.
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The COP26 climate talks in Glasgow has agreed to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsides. But after a last-minute manoeuvre by India, the conference further watered down plans on coal.
The first draft has been published of a text for the COP26 talks in Glasgow.
New research, published within days of the start of Cop26 climate talks, reveals that 40 oil, gas and coal projects have been submitted for approval in the UK.
The chancellor Rishi Sunak was accused of extending the fossil fuel age with his budget today.
Fossil fuel production planned by national governments “vastly exceeds” the limit needed to keep global temperatures at safe levels, the United Nations said today.