A controversial law to increase police powers to control protests was included in the Queen’s Speech this morning. The speech also included other already-announced plans for new environmental targets, an overhaul of the planning system and changes to the way public decisions could be challenged in court.
A year ago today, people in the south Yorkshire village of Woodsetts waited to hear whether the government would approve Ineos plans to drill for shale gas near their homes. 90 miles away, this scene was repeated in Cheshire where IGas was seeking permission to test its shale […]
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Angus Energy does not have planning permission for its proposal to dispose of waste water produced at oil and gas sites across the Weald, it was confirmed today.
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in spring 2021 affecting the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Urgent change is needed to assess the full impact of fossil fuel proposals on the climate, the government was told today.
The lives of many people in the village of Misson in north Nottinghamshire have been blighted by shale gas since 2014, the parish council has said.
IGas is seeking to extend the life of two small Nottinghamshire oil sites until 2031.
IGas has appealed against the refusal of planning consent for its oil site at Avington in the South Downs National Park.
2020 was a frack free year in the UK because the shale gas industry failed to persuade ministers to lift blocks on the process.
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