Campaigners have visited a former fracking site in North Yorkshire which is now piloting renewable energy. The KM8 well in ...

A landmark legal judgement on the climate impact of onshore oil has forced the UK’s first ever formal assessment of carbon ...

All the new onshore oil and gas wells in the UK in 2024 were drilled on a single small island in Poole Harbour, according to official data analysed by DrillOrDrop.

The Surrey wellsite that unlawfully extracted oil after the Supreme Court quashed its planning permission has not been issued with a formal stop notice, the county council confirmed today.

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe. The proposals include increasing ...

Lancashire County Council is expected to announce by the end of January what action it will take on Cuadrilla’s fracking site ...

The campaigner behind last year’s Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions has called for strict new rules that would ...

More than 150 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil operations, according to a new study, published today.

DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2025 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it. Energy security ...

Plans for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near the North Yorkshire village of Burniston should be assessed for the likely environmental impact, local people unanimously agreed last night.

More than 150 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil operations, according to a new study, published today. British Geological Survey record of a Newdigate ...

In 2024 the country’s highest court ruled on the climate impact of UK onshore oil and gas production, with tumultuous results for the industry. Campaigners outside the Supreme Court after a majority ...