Protesters from across south-east England gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London this morning to voice their anger at the government overturning Surrey County Council’s refusal of planning permission for gas exploration near the village of Dunsfold.
The UK is relying on emerging technologies for carbon reduction that may not work, a campaign network has argued.
The former Green Party MEP and environmental campaigner, Keith Taylor, has died, aged 69.
Plans to revive oil production at a small site in the Surrey greenbelt were approved this morning.
An oil company in Surrey is expected to get permission to dispose of waste gas that could have powered up to 3,500 homes a year, campaigners said today.
The Environment Agency is seeking public comments on its expected approval of a wide range of new operations at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey.
Opponents of fossil fuel developments in southern England have described the government’s climate criteria for future oil and gas licences as “inherently flawed”.
Environmental damage from burning oil in cars or planes should be assessed, as well as the benefits of oil production, campaigners told the court of appeal in London today.
The UK government is being urged today to withdraw from a legal challenge about the climate impacts of oil production in Surrey.
IGas has revealed it wants to produce hydrogen from methane at its Bletchingley site in Surrey.
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