Parish councillors voted by 8 to nil to object to plans for gas exploration and small-scale hydraulic fracturing in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston. About 100 people attending an extraordinary meeting last night also unanimously opposed the scheme in a show-of-hands.
The operator of unlawful oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey has not given a date when equipment will be removed from the site. The company has also not acknowledged a formal request for more information on its operation.
More than 100 people braved torrential rain to attend an information meeting and exhibition about plans for gas exploration at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
A new oil site got the go-ahead from Lincolnshire councillors this morning, despite local opposition.
Residents have submitted their legal case over an extended test at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
Plans for a well test at the controversial oil site at Balcombe in West Sussex have been approved.
Most people living near two proposed shale gas sites did not trust information from fracking companies, research has shown.
Surrey council planners have recommended refusal of plans by IGas for hydrogen production in the green belt.
Both Conservative leadership contenders have said they’re in favour of fracking if it has local support – but so far neither have explained how this would be measured or proved.
Rathlin Energy’s plans for expansion and production at its West Newton-A site have been published online.
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