The government said today there was no evidence of risk from lower volume fracking. This suggests, for the first time, that the government’s proposed ban on fracking will not include lower-volume processes, such as proppant squeeze.
The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said.
The council that will decide plans for hydraulic fracturing at Burniston, near Scarborough, has asked the government for more details about its proposed ban on fracking.
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.
The controversial issue of fracking in Lancashire has divided Reform politicians in the county from their national leadership.
The government is to consider all volumes of hydraulic fracturing when it introduces its ban on the process, an energy minister has said.
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.
Another council has voted unanimously against plans to drill for gas at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
Residents in Balcombe in West Sussex have lost a legal challenge against testing an oil well in their village.
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