Breaking: Oil companies drop Biscathorpe appeal
Partners seeking to produce oil in the protected Lincolnshire Wolds have abandoned their challenge to the refusal of planning permission, a formal statement announced this morning.
Biscathorpe oil scheme heads for inquiry
Controversial proposals by Egdon Resources to produce oil in the Lincolnshire Wolds are due to be decided by a full planning inquiry.
Burniston gas plan qualifies as fracking – expert legal opinion
A council is being urged to refuse plans that would use a form of fracking to explore for gas at Burniston near the North York Moors National Park.
Venting data revised down at UK onshore oil site
The industry regulator has revised down recent monthly volumes for methane vented at the Kimmeridge oil well in Dorset to almost nothing.
Peers fail to block new government restrictions on protest
The House of Lords voted through new regulations tonight which give the police greater powers to ban protests. But many peers criticised government tactics used to get the measure through.
Government warned to drop “disproportionate” ban on noisy protests
The government should drop its plan to ban noisy protests in England and Wales, a parliamentary committee has warned.
Campaigner seeks legal challenge over ownership change of fracking firm Cuadrilla
A government agency has been accused of acting unlawfully in the way it dealt with the change of ownership of the fracking firm, Cuadrilla.
Campaigners close monitoring camp outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site
Anti-fracking campaigners have removed their round-the-clock monitoring camp opposite Cuadrilla’s shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
Regulators accused of “extraordinary hands-off” approach to South Downs oil well
An oil exploration well in one of the most sensitive parts of the country has lacked scrutiny because of legal loopholes.
Guest post: Why I object to Cuadrilla’s permit change – Richard Marshall
Last month, DrillOrDrop reported on proposals by Cuadrilla to vary its environmental permit for the Preston New Road fracking site.
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