No Scarborough gas field - Europa go home

Frack Free Scarborough is helping raise a fighting fund to oppose plans by Europa and Egdfon Resources to drill a gas well at Burniston, north of Scarborough. Local residents are fighting plans by Egdon Resources and Europa Oil & Gas to drill a stone’s throw from people’s homes and just 800m from the iconic North York Moors National Park.

The companies want to carry out a proppant squeeze, a form of hydraulic fracturing that evades the fracking moratorium, but nonetheless still injects fluid to fracture the rock and allow trapped gas to flow to the surface.

We're in a climate crisis. Exploring for fossil fuels by conventional means or fracking is incompatible with the urgent action needed to tackle climate change.

The plans, with hundreds of HGVs and 24-hour drilling, would be a major disruption for the local community. There is risk of air, water and soil pollution. And there is a significant risk to nature, given the close proximity to the National Park, a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) and a Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Please help local campaigners raise £5,000 for our fighting fund. While Egdon and Europa have legal teams and PR experts at their disposal, our campaign is founded on the goodwill of the local community.

Your money will pay for experts to help us fight our case, for transporting speakers and campaigners, for room hire, for printing placards, leaflets and banners and other day-to-day campaign expenses.

A win at Burniston will add to recent victories at Horse Hill and the Whitehaven coal mine, boosting momentum for the wider campaign for a sustainable planet.