High Court to examine government’s climate protection plan
Two people whose lives are already severely affected by climate change crisis are going to court over the government’s plans to protect lives, property and infrastructure.
Loxley drilling deadline extended again
The deadline to start drilling a gas exploration well in Surrey has been extended again.
March 2024 headlines
Keep up to date with March 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.
Conservative peer Lord Deben intervenes in High Court legal challenge against government climate plans
Lord Deben, the Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee, has made a dramatic intervention at the High Court in support of a legal challenge that accuses the government of breaching the Climate Change Act.
Government at High Court over claims that its climate action plan is “inadequate”
Three organisations are taking the government to the High Court this morning alleging that the UK climate plan is weak and inadequate.
Norwegian campaigners secure historic win on key issue at centre of Horse Hill landmark legal challenge
The arguments at the centre of a landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil production have secured a separate historic court win against the Norwegian government.
Oil company accused of “clutching at tea leaves” to avoid restoring Broadford Bridge site
A company that wants to delay restoration of an oil well to explore using geothermal heat for tea growing has been accused of “clutching at tea leaves”.
Time for tea? Could mothballed West Sussex oil well provide heat for tea production?
A suspended oil site in West Sussex, where no work has been carried out for nearly six years, could supply geothermal heat for farming, including tea production, according to new plans.
Review of 2023: a year of legal challenges
A landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil and gas production was heard by the country’s highest court in 2023.
Biscathorpe oil challenge – papers submitted to court
Opponents of oil production at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds have submitted legal papers in their court challenge against the decision of a planning inspector.
DRILL OR DROP? 