The Good Law Project announced this morning it was supporting the community group, Protect Dunsfold, in its bid to challenge a government decision to allow exploratory drilling for gas on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Detailed plans for one of the UK’s largest onshore oil production schemes in recent years have been published.
Campaigners for and against fracking are failing to deliver a decisive blow to their opponents, according to a new study.
A second environmental group is taking legal action against the government over its new planning policy on fracking and onshore oil and gas.
A government report which concluded that shale gas extraction increases air pollution was unpublished for three years and then released just after ministers approved fracking in Lancashire.
A report relied upon by the Government in its support for shale gas extraction is to be updated.
More than 450 people have signed a petition opposing plans by the shale gas company, IGas, to test its well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
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A proposal to produce oil for 20 years from a site in the South Downs National Park is likely to have significant effects on the environment, planners have concluded.
The Government resisted releasing a full version of its shale gas impacts report because it was concerned about the effect it would have on fracking decisions in Lancashire and proposed changes to the trespass law.
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