Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if a North Yorkshire scheme gets the go-ahead, a Labour MP has warned. Alison Hume represents the village of Burniston, where Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission for […]
The government is to consider all volumes of hydraulic fracturing when it introduces its ban on the process, an energy minister has said.
The government has defended plans to end the issuing of new onshore oil and gas licences in England.
Opponents of fracking have been paying tribute to Fylde councillor Julie Brickles, who died yesterday (Thursday 25 July 2024) after a long illness.
Conservative ministers failed to act to meet UK climate targets, government advisors warned today.
Labour has pledged to ban fracking for good and will not issue new oil and gas licences.
The Conservatives have committed in their election manifesto to keeping the moratorium on fracking in England.
Keep up to date with February 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.
The former energy minister, Chris Skidmore, has resigned over new legislation to offer more offshore oil and gas licences, prompting another by-election.
The government’s much trailed plan to require annual oil and gas licensing rounds for the North Sea was included in the King’s Speech today.
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