Covid-19 recovery must not increase climate risk – government adviser
The government must not lock-in higher greenhouse gas emissions in the Covid-19 recovery package, its adviser on climate change said today.
Balcombe flow test plans published
Angus Energy’s plans to test the flow of oil at its well at Balcombe in West Sussex are now open for public comment.
Planners back 15 months of drilling and 20 years of oil production in Surrey green belt
Proposals to drill four more production wells at the Horse Hill oil site, near Gatwick Airport, have been supported by Surrey County Council planners.
Villagers oppose Ineos plans for road closures around Harthill shale gas site
Ineos is proposing six weeks of road closures around its shale gas exploration site near the village of Harthill in south Yorkshire, a new document has revealed.
Road closure at West Newton drilling site extended up to 18-months, residents told
Residents in East Yorkshire say they’ve been told the county council has extended a three-week road closure at an oil and gas site north of Hull to 18 months. Earlier this week East Riding of Yorkshire Council closed two roads leading to Rathlin Energy’s West Newton exploration site. […]
Second eviction outside East Yorkshire well site
A camp established to monitor operations at an oil and gas exploration site in East Yorkshire has been evicted for a second time.
Campaigners begin monitoring Rathlin Energy well site as rig installed
Opponents of plans by Rathlin Energy to drill another well in East Yorkshire have said they will monitor operations round the clock.
Lancs planners stand by objection to Roseacre Wood fracking site
Council planners in Lancashire have said Cuadrilla’s revised traffic scheme for the proposed Roseacre Wood fracking site is still unacceptable.
Cuadrilla condemns fracking protesters for eight-hour road closure – opponents blame police tactics
Police closed the road outside Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas site for eight hours today in response to anti-fracking protests.
Minister’s Lancashire fracking decision has “unleashed a dragon” says community group
Last week’s decision by a government minister to reopen the planning inquiry into one of Cuadrilla’s fracking sites in Lancashire has made local people more determined to fight it, a spokesperson for the community has told DrillOrDrop.
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