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Campaigners say the entire process is being left to virtual meetings and social media - "and yet will determine the future of acres of countryside at the heart of the Isle of Wight for twenty years or more"
UKOG
UK Oil and Gas PLC is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company.
The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the Alternative Investment Market.
They have licences to drill for oil on the Isle of Wight in the Arreton Area.
Below are articles mentioning UKOG.
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Despite the milestones being achieved, DDTW had kept going for one more year for other reasons
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With Jimi Hendrix's ‘House Burning Down’ blaring out, fake oil hidden in a cardboard guitar was smashed against the wall of Barclays Bank, as this climate campaigner called on banks to stop investing in fossil fuels
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The Don't Drill the Wight campaign was launched on Saturday to an audience of around 50 people in Merstone
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Alison Goodchild believes the UKOG planning application for oil exploration has been submitted under cover of a global pandemic and calls for it to be deferred
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Chair of the Isle of Wight Green Party shares her thoughts on being green following the Planning Committee's unanimous rejection of oil drilling application
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Nick Stuart, the LibDem candidate for the Central Wight seat on the Isle of Wight council, says he's discovered some interesting facts about the plans to drill for oil off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
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The Don't Drill The Wight campaign have written to Isle of Wight council candidates setting out why they believe any applications to drill for oil on the Island should be rejected
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More than 130 Islanders gathered at Compton on Sunday to voice their concerns about fracking on the Isle of Wight. The gathering raised awareness of the campaign and even made it onto the BBC local news (watch the video below).
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During Earth Week, the Conservative candidate shares her views on plans for exploratory oil wells in Arreton
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All are welcome to a public meeting being held later this month where residents can hear from Green MEP, Keith Taylor, about what can be done to fight oil drilling on the Isle of Wight.
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Campaigners have placed models of oil rigs and barrels, with skeletons scattered around on Ventnor’s mini Isle of Wight to draw attention to their campaign
