Gas drilling and lower-volume fracking near the North York Moors National Park should not go-ahead because of flaws in the official environmental assessment, a consultation has revealed.
The Burnham government has confirmed it will not ban lower-volume fracking.
A public consultation opened today on the Environment Agency’s (EA) draft decision to grant consent for gas drilling and lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
The government committed in today’s King’s Speech to a permanent ban on fracking – but there’s no still detail on which operations would be included.
North Yorkshire councillors are free to issue a formal refusal of plans by Europa Oil & Gas for drilling for gas and lower-volume fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.
Councillors have opposed controversial plans to drill and frack for gas in the village of Burniston, near Scarborough.
Two campaign groups have urged councillors to block fracking plans later this week for the village of Burniston in North Yorkshire.
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.
A leading geologist has warned that plans for lower-volume fracking in northern England could cause earthquakes as large and unpredictable as high volume operations.
An environmental campaigner has taken the first steps in a legal challenge to the approval of lower-volume fracking in East Yorkshire.
