Parish councillors voted by 8 to nil to object to plans for gas exploration and small-scale hydraulic fracturing in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston. About 100 people attending an extraordinary meeting last night also unanimously opposed the scheme in a show-of-hands.
The gas network could accept potential supplies from UKOG’s proposed site in Surrey, the company said today.
A former would-be fracking company has appointed a leading opponent as a director to help it go green.
Urgent change is needed to assess the full impact of fossil fuel proposals on the climate, the government was told today.
In this guest post, Chris Hesketh makes the case for a post-Covid-19 recovery without fracking or unconventional gas extraction.
Investors and anti-drilling campaigners have criticised proposals by Angus Energy to use money intended for decommissioning to connect a shut-in gas field to the grid.
DRILL OR DROP? 