Protect the North Yorkshire Heritage Coastline from fracking!
IMPORTANT NEWS Europa have now submitted several applications for permits to the Environment Agency - this is different to their planning permission application to North Yorkshire council. We would like to invite as many people as possible to respond/object to the Environment agency and attend the drop-in session - even if you've already objected to the council.
Please see our Latest News and Events pages for further information.
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PLEASE FIND SUGGESTED RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT CONSULTATION HERE.
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Our beautiful North Yorkshire heritage coastline near Scarborough is in grave danger of being fracked for gas and turned into the UK’s biggest onshore gas field.
Fossil Fuel company Europa oil and gas have put in an application to the North Yorkshire council to build a huge 38 metre high drilling rig and use a process called ‘Proppant Squeeze’ to drill for gas. This is essentially fracking, but using smaller quantities of liquid in order to bypass the UK’s anti-fracking laws. It’s been called ‘fracking by the back door’.
If the application is approved, Europa could potentially be drilling/fracking in the area for the next 20 years. This would be devastating to the local environment, which is one of the most beautiful and unspoilt in the UK, as well as to the wider climate.
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SIGN AND SHARE OUR PETITION
We are calling on the government to close the loophole in the fracking law and ban ‘small scale fracking.
We need at least 100,000 signatures for parliament to consider the issue. Please sign and share here:
Please visit our What You Can Do page to find out more about what you can do to help fight this disastrous proposal.
And for more details on the damage the fracking will do, see our About the Fracking page.