Environmental campaigners and community groups have welcomed this morning’s decision by Lancashire County Council to refuse more time for restoration of a controversial fracking site.
The UK government has confirmed there will be no new licences for onshore oil and gas in England.
The energy department was questioned in parliament yesterday on the legal definition of fracking.
No new onshore oil and gas licences will be issued in England, the government announced today. The news followed a speech to the Labour conference in which the energy secretary confirmed his commitment to ban fracking.
Officials have supported plans for more drilling and oil production at a mothballed site in rural Dorset.
Nine environmental campaign organisations have urged the government today to end planning policies that favour fossil fuels.
The North Yorkshire village of Foxholes has opposed plans by Egdon Resources to explore for gas.
The proposal by Europa to explore for gas near the North York Moors National Park “sits uncomfortably” with local climate change commitments, officials have said.
Residents in Balcombe in West Sussex have lost a legal challenge against testing an oil well in their village.
East Sussex councillors voted this morning against ending pension fund investments in fossil fuels.
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