Action on climate emergency
Fracking at Burniston rejected by North Yorkshire’s strategic planning committee as they turn down a planning application by Europa Oil and Gas to install a 125ft (38m) rig in Burniston village, close to the North York Moors National Park. The decision was taken on Friday 24 April after after an almost five-hour meeting at Scarborough …
Burniston decision North Yorkshire Council’s as the government in February decided not to call in the planning application for the proposal by Europa Oil & Gas for a 125ft (38m) rig in Burniston. North Yorkshire Councillors will now meet in April to decide on a controversial application to drill for gas near the North York …
Delay Burniston gas decision call from Friends of the Earth. The environmental organisation has written to North Yorkshire Council (NYC) urging it to delay its decision about a controversial new fracking proposal in Burniston, North Yorkshire. It comes after the government published draft changes to national planning policy in mid – December that, if adopted, …
Climate news around Yorkshire over the last months shows a focus on sewage and solar, as well as a worrying planning application for a fracking site. Although we may not have noticed here in North Yorkshire, but (meteorological) Summer 2024 was the Earth’s warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Summer in …
Support a frack free Burniston is a call from residents of Burniston near Scarborough, as the local community face the potential of a fracking application to North Yorkshire Council from Egdon Resources & Europa Oil & Gas. A moratorium on fracking was applied by the government in 2019 to end support for fracking, as a …