MP and councils join calls for Burniston decision delay
An MP and leaders of four local councils are urging a delay to the decision on gas drilling and lower volume fracking near Scarborough.
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.
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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.
No change to onshore oil and gas planning policy
The government is proposing no changes to national planning policy for onshore oil and gas.
Archaeological challenge to Wressle expansion plans
Plans to extend an oil site and build a new pipeline should be refused unless more information is provided because it could affect a prehistoric cemetery, historians have warned.
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.
Tremors, protests, challenges – eight years of UK fracking
As the government announces a second moratorium on fracking because of earth tremor risks, DrillOrDrop looks back at key events in the past eight years. Please let us know about any important headlines we have missed.
Court ruling prompts UKOG to update energy security claim in Dunsfold drilling plans
UK Oil and Gas has had to clarify arguments which it says support its planning application to drill for oil and gas at Dunsfold in Surrey.
Minister responds to court ruling on fracking planning policy
The government has made its first public comment on the legal challenge which quashed a key section of planning policy on shale gas and fracking.
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