UK councils invest £9bn of pension funds in fracking companies – new research
Data released today suggests that UK councils have invested more than £9 billion from staff pension funds in fracking companies, despite opposition to the process.
Oil company bid for more time at Broadford Bridge backed by officials
Planning officers have supported two applications by UK Oil & Gas for another 18 months of work at the oil exploration site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex.
IGas challenge over Ellesmere Port well test heads for public inquiry
A public inquiry will decide whether IGas should be allowed to test its gas well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
Three new applications for Europa’s oil exploration site near Leith Hill
The company behind oil exploration near Leith Hill in Surrey has submitted three new planning applications for the site.
Campaign group begins legal challenge to government planning policy on fracking
The anti-shale gas group, Talk Fracking, has taken the first step in what could be a court challenge to government policy.
Surrey campaigners shocked by approval of disputed Brockham oil well
Opponents of an unauthorised oil well drilled at Brockham in Surrey were visibly shocked by a vote to grant retrospective planning permission today.
Breaking: Angus Energy application on disputed Brockham oil well approved – live news updates
This post has live updates from Surrey County Council ‘s planning committee meeting considering an oil well drilled at Brockham in 2017 against council advice.
Most Tory councillors oppose government changes to shale gas planning rules – survey
A survey out today has found that 80% of Conservative councillors in areas where fracking companies have a licence to explore for shale gas believe that planning applications should be required before drilling.
Councillors hailed as heroes as they refuse another bid by Egdon for Wressle oil site
Opponents of plans by Egdon Resources for long-term oil production near Scunthorpe congratulated councillors for opposing a fourth application by the company.
Is Third Energy’s N Yorks gas pipeline in the wrong place?
A pipeline linking Third Energy’s gas production sites in the Vale of Pickering appears to be in the wrong place, North Yorkshire planners have told the company.
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