Breaking: Oil companies drop Biscathorpe appeal
Partners seeking to produce oil in the protected Lincolnshire Wolds have abandoned their challenge to the refusal of planning permission, a formal statement announced this morning.
Government response to fracking petition “inadequate”
The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a group of MPs has said.
Villagers meet on Burniston gas plan
Residents in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston have a chance to give their views later this month on plans to explore for gas on the edge of the national park and heritage coast.
Climate emissions from Wressle expansion “not significant”, says operator
An expanded oil and gas site at Wressle in North Lincolnshire could add more than 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions over its life, a new report has shown.
Plugging of fracked wells – start imminent
Key equipment was installed today to decommission Cuadrilla’s fracked shale gas wells and work is expected to start imminently.
Views sought on Star Energy’s National Park cable plan
Star Energy is seeking to export electricity generated at a site in the South Downs National Park.
Villagers and oil company argue over threat to water supplies – Appeal Court
Contamination from a West Sussex oil site could potentially end up in a drinking water reservoir, villagers told the Court of Appeal today.
Updated: Cuadrilla gets more time for frack site decommissioning
The fracking company, Cuadrilla, has been given just over four weeks to start plugging the shale gas wells at its mothballed Preston New Road site in Lancashire.
Emissions campaigner named as climate leader
Sarah Finch, the campaigner who won a landmark victory on carbon emissions at the Supreme Court earlier this year, has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most innovative leaders driving action on climate change.
Wressle permission quashed
Planning permission for expansion at the UK’s second largest onshore oil producer has been formally rescinded in another casualty of the landmark Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions.
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