Environmental campaigners and community groups have welcomed this morning’s decision by Lancashire County Council to refuse more time for restoration of a controversial fracking site.
The operators of a mothballed well site in an East Yorkshire village have been accused of apparently “misusing the planning system for their own benefit”.
The deadline to start drilling a gas exploration well in Surrey has been extended again.
Three environmental organisations are seeking to take the government to court over its climate plans for the second time.