Updated: MP calls for Balcombe oil licence to be withdrawn over water contamination fears
The government has been urged to withdraw the licence for oil operations at Balcombe in West Sussex because of the risk of water pollution.
Call for action on delay to restoration of mothballed oil site
Campaigners are urging a council to insist on the speedy restoration of a suspended oil site in West Sussex where decommissioning deadlines have been missed.
Campaigners celebrate Barclays’ decision to stop funding fracking – bank says “no urgency” to sell Third Energy
Opponents of plans to frack in North Yorkshire have welcomed confirmation by Barclays that it plans to sell its stake in Third Energy “at some point”.
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