Communities fighting onshore oil and gas
UK government to defend council’s controversial decision in court 9am, campaigners with placards will gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand to mark their opposition to oil …
The Court of Appeal will hear a legal challenge on Tuesday 16 November 2021 to Surrey County Council’s controversial decision to grant planning permission for 20 years oil production at Horse …
On 6 November, halfway through the COP26 Climate Summit, 150 people joined a rally at Horse Hill organised by the Horse Hill Protection Group.
Press release from Horse Hill Protection Group Demonstrators will join thousands across the world at a rally at the Horse Hill drill site on 6 November 2021 as part of …
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Researchers from Clean Air Task Force (CATF), an international climate advocacy NGO, have discovered significant methane emissions from oil and gas facilities in the UK – including Horse Hill. Researchers …
Surrey resident Sarah Finch is taking her legal challenge over Horse Hill oil to the Court of Appeal. To do this, she needs to raise an extra £25,000 for legal …
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Campaigners defending the right to peaceful protest are celebrating as an injunction against persons unknown at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey was finally laid to rest.
Supreme Court says planning permission for Horse Hill On 20 June 2024, the Supreme Court found by a majority of three to two that Surrey County Council’s decision to grant …
A climate campaigner’s fight to prevent the development of oil wells in Surrey – which is supported by the Weald Action Group – will go to the Court of Appeal. …
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A judge has found that Surrey County Council was not required to consider greenhouse gas emissions arising from the combustion of the oil to be produced at a site at …
Continue reading “Judge finds against Horse Hill legal challenge”