Oil and gas companies will “pile in” with fracking plans all over the country to exploit a legal loophole if a North Yorkshire scheme gets the go-ahead, a Labour MP has warned. Alison Hume represents the village of Burniston, where Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission for […]
An official online petition calling for a ban on all forms of fracking has passed an important milestone.
The Reform-led Scarborough Town Council has voted unanimously against plans for lower volume fracking in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston.
A council is being urged to refuse plans that would use a form of fracking to explore for gas at Burniston near the North York Moors National Park.
An official online petition is calling on the government to ban “small-scale fracking” for onshore oil and gas.
Campaigners and councillors have said they are shocked that a government-appointed inspector has overturned the refusal of planning permission for long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
Restoration of Nottinghamshire’s only shale gas site is due to begin later this month.
Campaigners and residents in Dorset are calling for tougher measures against the company behind last month’s oil leak in Poole Harbour.
Climate campaigners in East Sussex handed in a petition calling on the county council to stop investing in fossil fuels.
Three years ago today, the government formally confirmed a moratorium on fracking in England.
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