DRILL OR DROP? – 10+ years of independent journalism on UK …
10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it
Wressle permission quashed – DRILL OR DROP?
4 days ago — Wressle permission quashed. By Ruth Hayhurst on November 12, 2024. Planning permission for expansion at the UK’s second largest onshore oil producer has been formally rescinded in another casualty of the landmark Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions. 2023 workover of the Wressle well. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent.
October 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Oct 4, 2024 — Keep up to date with October 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Opponents of plans by Europa Oil & Gas to drill and do small-scale fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire. Photo: DrillOrDrop Thursday 31 October 2024…
Shell wins appeal over landmark climate judgement
3 days ago — 10+ years of independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to it. Shell wins appeal over landmark climate judgement. A landmark ruling requiring Shell to cuts its carbon emissions has been overturned. Winnie Oussoren, Donald Pols and Roger Cox, of Milieudefensie, at the Hague court of appeal.
August 2024 headlines – DRILL OR DROP?
Aug 21, 2024 — Keep up to date with August 2024’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas. Photo: Anne Thompson Thursday 29 August 2024 Sarah Finch judgement impacts North Sea oil and gas. DrillOrDrop reports that the implications of a landmark legal…
PM commits to 81% cut in UK emissions by 2035 - DRILL OR DROP?
3 days ago — By Ruth Hayhurst on November 12, 2024. Keir Starmer has confirmed that the UK will cut carbon emissions by 81% by 2035. UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at COP29, 12 November 2024. Speaking at the COP29 climate conference at Baku, Azerbaijan, the prime minister said the government would not “tell people how to live their lives”.
Follow COP28 - DRILL OR DROP?
Dec 1, 2023 — DrillOrDrop's digest of headlines from the international climate conference in Dubai, 30 November-12 December 2023. Wednesday 13 December 2023 Nations reach first ever deal to move away from fossil fuels. Coverage of the final agreement to transition away from all fossil fuel from the United Nations, CarbonBrief, Bloomberg, …
Emissions campaigner named as climate leader – DRILL OR DROP?
4 days ago — Sarah Finch, the campaigner who won a landmark victory on carbon emissions at the Supreme Court earlier this year, has been named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most innovative leaders driving climate change. Sarah Finch after her victory at the Supreme Court, 20 June 2024. Photo: DrillOrDrop. Her case, brought on behalf of the Weald Action ...
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Burniston gas drill and frack would have “significant environmental ...
Aug 2, 2024 — Proposals to drill for gas and carry out a small-scale frack near the North York Moors National Park would have “significant impacts on the environment”, planners have said. Well location and drilling direction (shown in red). Source: Screening request North Yorkshire Council officers ruled that the scheme at Burniston, near Scarborough, would need a detailed…