Another call for earlier ban on flaring in oil and gas fields
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
Just three onshore wells were drilled in 2022, despite record oil and gas prices.
The climate-damaging gas methane is still being released at English onshore oil sites, a year after researchers revealed the problem.
Opponents of fossil fuel developments in southern England have described the government’s climate criteria for future oil and gas licences as “inherently flawed”.
The UK government is seeking views on new climate criteria that oil and gas projects must meet to be approved.
A new report published today shows that the UK has increased its oil and gas production since declaring a climate emergency in 2019.
The regulator of the oil and gas industry has no power to secure decommissioning of onshore sites, the High Court heard today.
UK onshore oil production fell in 2019 to its lowest point for eight years, official data has revealed.
In this guest post, anti-fracking campaigner and researcher, Ben Dean, argues that successive Conservative-led governments have failed to have full confidence in the onshore fracking industry.
Who pays for clean-ups and decommissioning if an onshore operator goes bust? It’s a question that is concerning MPs and landowners. In this guest post, researcher and anti-fracking campaigner, Ben Dean, looks at the rules for decommissioning and argues for tougher controls.