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.
More than twice as many people oppose fracking than support it, according to a government survey published today.
Analysis by DrillOrDrop reveals that the West Newton oil and gas field in East Yorkshire has seen more than 15 years of delays, missed deadlines and changing plans.
A campaigner opposing oil drilling in one of the UK’s most scenic areas is at the High Court this week in a case against the government and an American-owned corporation.
The High Court has ruled for the second time in less than two years that the government’s plan to meet climate targets is unlawful.
The government’s climate advisor has warned ministers against weakening the budgets on carbon emission.
Lord Deben, the Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee, has made a dramatic intervention at the High Court in support of a legal challenge that accuses the government of breaching the Climate Change Act.
Three organisations are taking the government to the High Court this morning alleging that the UK climate plan is weak and inadequate.
The UK must “rapidly replace fossil fuels with low carbon alternatives”, the government’s climate advisor warned today.
The arguments at the centre of a landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil production have secured a separate historic court win against the Norwegian government.
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