Sunak joins Truss in backing fracking – with local support
The UK’s next prime minister will be pro-fracking but only if local people want it.
Tories, fracking and local opinion
The Conservative leadership challenger, Liz Truss, has suggested that the moratorium on fracking in England should be lifted and decisions left to local people.
Councillors hear arguments over West Newton-A production – again
For a second time, opponents and supporters of plans for expansion at an oil site in East Yorkshire have put their cases to councillors.
Planners back third time extension at North Kelsey oil site – despite 1,000+ opponents
Council officials have supported plans for more time at an undeveloped well site in Lincolnshire, where the only work carried out since 2014 has been on the site entrance.
Councillors back local fracking controls for North Yorkshire
A council which backed fracking nearly six years ago has adopted new planning rules that could restrict proposals for the controversial process.
Councillors urged to refuse Rathlin Energy’s “fundamentally flawed” expansion plans for West Newton
Major plans for oil and gas production in East Yorkshire are “fundamentally flawed and should be refused”, experts said today.
Updated: Planners seek more details on national importance of Egdon’s Biscathorpe oil plans
Planners in Lincolnshire have said an oil company has failed to prove that its proposals for drilling and production in a protected landscape are in the national interest.
£9.9 billion still invested in fossil fuels by local government pension funds
Billions of pounds remain invested in fossil fuels through local government pension funds, even though three-quarters of councils have declared a climate emergency, a new report reveals.
Ryedale Tories make “historic” break with government in call for local fracking moratorium
Conservatives in the North Yorkshire district of Ryedale say they are sending a “historic message” by calling for a local moratorium on fracking until at least 2023.
Prime Minister quizzed over support for local decision-making
Fracking Week in Parliament: DrillOrDrop review of what UK politicians say about the onshore oil and gas industry. The Prime Minister was questioned about statements on her website supporting local decision-making – at a time when the government proposes to take some shale gas schemes out of local […]
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