November 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with November 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
Government seeks views on new guidance on emissions
The government is consulting on new guidance for the offshore oil and gas industry following the Supreme Court judgement in the legal challenge over climate emissions brought by Sarah Finch.
Sarah Finch judgement impacts North Sea oil and gas
The implications of a landmark legal challenge about climate emissions from onshore oil have spread to the offshore industry.
“Unlawful” decision on Lincolnshire oil production plans challenged at the High Court
The decision to approve oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) was unlawful, the High Court heard today.
Archaeological challenge to Wressle expansion plans
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
Government must “plug the carbon gap” in planning policy
Urgent change is needed to assess the full impact of fossil fuel proposals on the climate, the government was told today.
IGas seeks consent to continue reinjecting radioactive waste at Singleton oil site
People are invited to comment on an application by IGas to dispose of radioactive waste at its Singleton oil site in West Sussex.
Comments sought on protest policing guidance
A long-awaited consultation is underway on new guidance for policing protests.
Local authorities are best placed to decide on fracking plans – MPs report
Moving decisions on fracking plans to a national level contradicts the principles of localism and would probably exacerbate mistrust between communities and the industry, MPs said today.
Third Energy’s North Yorkshire fracking planning application cost £½m+ – MPs told
Fracking Week in Parliament 2 The planning application by Third Energy to frack at Kirby Misperton cost North Yorkshire County Council more than £500,000, MPs were told this week.
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