About 1,400 formal objections have been submitted in a public consultation on the Europa Oil & Gas exploration plans near the North York Moors national park. At the time of writing, just seven responses to the consultation supported the company’s planning application.
Residents in Balcombe in West Sussex have lost a legal challenge against testing an oil well in their village.
Campaigners have visited a fracking site in North Yorkshire which is now piloting renewable energy.
The government is proposing no changes to national planning policy for onshore oil and gas.
More than 80% of people have supported plans for reusing former gas wells in North Yorkshire to provide renewable energy, according to survey findings published today.
The shale gas company, IGas, said today it could drill 80 wells by this time next year, with the “right government support”.
The organisation representing the UK shale industry has offered to fix gas prices to industry, transport and homes.
IGas has estimated it could produce fracked gas for three million homes within 12-18 months if the fracking moratorium was lifted.
A public inquiry into plans for gas exploration wells near the Surrey village of Dunsfold is due to be held this summer.
In this guest post, Chris Hesketh makes the case for a post-Covid-19 recovery without fracking or unconventional gas extraction.
DRILL OR DROP? 