Guest post: Community challenges with the planning system
David Eddy, chair of Foxholes and Butterwick Parish Council, in North Yorkshire, reports on the challenges facing local communities dealing with oil and gas developments.
More time for West Newton frack consultation
The Environment Agency has extended the consultation period at a second site where lower-volume fracking is planned in Yorkshire.
Government urged to close fracking loophole
The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has been urged to widen the moratorium on fracking in England to include all forms of the process.
Parliamentary petition calls for ban on all types of fracking
An official online petition is calling on the government to ban “small-scale fracking” for onshore oil and gas.
Campaigners welcome new guidance on climate impact of oil and gas production
New government guidance on assessing carbon emissions from oil and gas production has been welcomed by environmental campaigners.
Burniston MP to quiz minister on fracking ban
The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where there are plans for a form of fracking, has promised to question the government on its commitment to ban the process.
New twists in the F-word debate
A gas company that criticised campaigners for using the word ‘fracking’ for a well operation in North Yorkshire used the same term for the same process in correspondence with officials.
Wressle permission quashed
Planning permission for expansion at the UK’s second largest onshore oil producer has been formally rescinded in another casualty of the landmark Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions.
Northern Ireland to ban fracking and onshore oil and gas operations
All onshore petroleum operations, including fracking, are to be banned in Northern Ireland and no new licences will be granted from now on, it was announced today.
Union Jack buys into German oil and gas
Union Jack announced this morning it was buying a 3% stake in Beacon Energy plc, an onshore oil and gas company with assets in Germany.
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