Climate campaigners condemn Jackdaw approval
The government’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield, off Aberdeen, has been widely condemned by environmental campaigners.
The government’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield, off Aberdeen, has been widely condemned by environmental campaigners.
A legal letter from a campaigner has warned Surrey County Council that approval of drilling and production at the Horse Hill oil site would be unlawful.
Campaigners gathered outside the Horndean B oil site in Hampshire yesterday (6 September 2026) to launch a fundraiser for a legal challenge over methane pollution from onshore oil and gas sites in the UK.
The assessment of the climate impact of expansion at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey contains “multiple errors and misleading and irrelevant information”, campaigners said today.
Campaigners have criticised another oil operator for a “flawed assessment” of the climate impact of drilling and production plans.
A company’s assessment of the climate impact of oil production at Horse Hill in Surrey is flawed and any permission based on it would be unlawful, campaigners said today.
A partner in the mothballed Waddock Cross oil site in Dorset gave details to shareholders this week of a proposed new well.
UK Oil & Gas is selling its stake in the troubled Horse Hill production site and licence, the company’s last remaining hydrocarbon interest.
The campaign group behind a landmark legal judgement on carbon emissions has criticised official advice to government on the climate impact of onshore oil and gas.
UK Oil & Gas plc announced this morning it has submitted a revised planning application for its Horse Hill site , near Redhill, in Surrey.