Order withdrawn to abandon Cuadrilla’s shale gas wells
The oil and gas regulator has withdrawn its order requiring Cuadrilla to plug and abandon its two shale gas exploration wells at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
Updated: Court orders Shell to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030
A landmark legal challenge has forced Royal Dutch Shell to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to meet global climate goals.
Rathlin seeks second 18-month road closure around West Newton-B well site
Rathlin Energy has confirmed it is seeking to extend road closures around its West Newton-B oil and gas site in East Yorkshire until autumn 2022.
Scaled-back UKOG protest injunction heads to trial after more than three years
A temporary injunction against protests granted to an oil company could be made permanent within weeks – but in a radically-reduced form from the original.
Third Energy to begin decommissioning of North Yorks gas site
Third Energy has announced it is to use new techniques to plug and abandon its Malton A gas site in Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Guest post: notice to quit casts new doubt on onshore regulation
In this guest post, campaigner and researcher Ben Dean investigates official orders to decommission gas wells in North Yorkshire.
Third Energy challenges order to plug and abandon its Ryedale gas wells
An official order could block plans by a former fracking company to use gas wells in North Yorkshire to test alternative technologies.
Campaigners celebrate changes to UKOG protest injunction
The High Court has reduced the scope of the injunction granted to UK Oil & Gas plc against protests at its exploration sites in Sussex and Surrey.
Women win right to continue challenge to UKOG protest injunction
Five women campaigners have welcomed a legal ruling which allows them to continue their long-running opposition to an injunction against protests at oil sites in Sussex and Surrey.
Cuadrilla’s injunction drops bar on key fracking protests
Important sections of the injunction against protests outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site near Blackpool have been abandoned.
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