Councillors back Burniston delay but company urges timely decision
Two leading councillors have supported calls for delays to the decision on plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.
What to watch in 2026?
Review of 2025 – the return of fracking?
Fracking for UK onshore oil and gas hit the headlines again during 2025.
Call for delay to Burniston gas decision over planning policy shift
The decision on controversial plans to drill for gas and carry out lower volume fracking near the North York Moors National Park should be delayed, a council was urged today.
Scrap planning rules that favour onshore oil and gas, environmentalists demand
Nine environmental campaign organisations have urged the government today to end planning policies that favour fossil fuels.
2025 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
What to watch in 2025
DrillOrDrop will be reporting in 2025 on the continuing repercussions of the Finch judgement at the Supreme Court.
No change to onshore oil and gas planning policy
The government is proposing no changes to national planning policy for onshore oil and gas.
Anti-fracking tributes to Dame Vivienne Westwood 1941-2022
The anti-fracking movement has paid tributes to the fashion designer and campaigner, Dame Vivienne Westwood, who died yesterday, aged 81.
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.
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