Waddock Cross oil expansion decision delayed over climate questions
The decision on expansion of oil production in rural Dorset was deferred this morning because councillors wanted more information on the climate impact.
The decision on expansion of oil production in rural Dorset was deferred this morning because councillors wanted more information on the climate impact.
Hundreds of tonnes of climate-warming methane is being released into the atmosphere by the UK’s longest continuously producing onshore oil well, despite curbs ordered by the environmental regulator.
Five women campaigners have welcomed a legal ruling which allows them to continue their long-running opposition to an injunction against protests at oil sites in Sussex and Surrey.
Injunctions mean that people who trespass on a UK fracking site face a bigger maximum penalty than if they committed the same offence at Buckingham Palace, the High Court was told today.