Campaigners gathered outside the Horndean B oil site in Hampshire yesterday (6 September 2026) to launch a fundraiser for a legal challenge over methane pollution from onshore oil and gas sites in the UK.
The government has unveiled its revised planning blueprint for England, with key changes to shape onshore oil and gas decisions.
An American-owned hydrocarbon company is backing plans for gas production in the North York Moors National Park, it was revealed today.
Two Cuadrilla subsidiaries have formally gone out of business.
A four-year-old company is to outline plans to the public next week on extracting billions of cubic feet of gas in a remote and sensitive part of the North York Moors.
The lawyer who successfully led a landmark challenge on onshore oil and gas at the Supreme Court was appointed an OBE in the King’s birthday honours.
The campaign group behind a landmark legal judgement on carbon emissions has criticised official advice to government on the climate impact of onshore oil and gas.
Europa Oil & Gas, the company behind rejected plans for lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire, is also pursuing developments at three other sites onshore in the UK, it revealed today.
The campaigner challenging consent for lower-volume fracking in East Yorkshire has added a new ground to his case.
The company behind the suspended oil site that is subject of a landmark Supreme Court ruling has reported declining assets and revenue.