New planning rules published for onshore oil and gas in England
The government has unveiled its revised planning blueprint for England, with key changes to shape onshore oil and gas decisions.
Fencing being removed at frack site
Fencing at Cuadrilla’s controversial former fracking site in Lancashire is being dismantled and removed.
Foxholes seeks PM’s support over gas drilling fears
Residents in a Yorkshire Wolds village have asked the prime minister for help in their opposition to local gas drilling plans.
Questions over technical competence of Horse Hill climate assessment
The assessment of the climate impact of expansion at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey contains “multiple errors and misleading and irrelevant information”, campaigners said today.
Countryside campaigners strongly object to “harm” of Foxholes gas drilling
Gas drilling in a small village in the Yorkshire Wolds would cause “unacceptable harm”, a leading campaign organisation has said.
Horse Hill production application – publication expected next month
Publication of plans to restart oil production at Horse Hill – suspended after a landmark Supreme Court ruling – is unlikely for several weeks.
“Everyone can do something, however small” – advice to Foxholes gas opponents
A tiny North Yorkshire village fighting a David and Goliath battle against gas drilling got advice last night from campaigns across the UK.
Biscathorpe decommissioning due
An oil well in the Lincolnshire Wolds is to be decommissioned in the coming weeks.
Government urged to rewrite definition of fracking
Fracking should be defined by what it does and what it is for – not by how much fluid it uses, the government has been advised.
Planners accused of “misleading” report on Burniston fracking gas plan
Council officials have been accused of giving misleading advice on controversial plans for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.
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