Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 57034
Fracking: North Yorkshire
Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential carbon emissions that would be released by Europa's proposed proppant squeeze project at Burniston Mill in North Yorkshire.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Department does not have a role in assessing the potential environmental impacts or carbon emissions of a proposed onshore oil and gas project. The relevant Mineral Planning Authority considers such impacts as part of providing planning permission and...
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