The Dutch town of Boxtel is set to become the first municipality in Europe to divest from fossil fuels companies. This follows its decision to ban...
Helen Ghosh, director-general of the National Trust, has stated the organisation supports technologies that “harvest nature” rather than mines it. The comments follow Ghosh telling the...
The National Trust has reaffirmed its current stance against fracking, after its director-general told the Times that the charity had an “open mind” about the technology....
Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge to stop companies from fracking in England, and to halt what it calls “reckless and presumptuous” plans for shale gas...
Fracking poses a “serious threat” of water contamination, including in drinking water, according to a report that also claims that 280 billion gallons of radioactive waste...
Anti-fracking protestors have begun to shut down their camp outside an exploratory drilling site near the West Sussex village of Balcombe. After two months of protests,...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said it is in the public interest to prosecute former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, after she was arrested at shale gas drilling site...
A decision on whether to begin fracking for shale gas in the Netherlands will not be taken for another 18 months until further research has been...
Leading economist has warned over David Cameron declaration that shale gas will help keeping gas prices down, but added that the environmental risks exist. Lord Nicholas...
The Department for Communities and Local Government is considering a reform of oil and gas drilling planning applications under which companies would not be required to...
Campaign groups involved in the anti-fracking protests in Balcombe, West Sussex, have planned a 28 day blockade to the drill site. The site, which is occupied...
The Church of England has said that the environmental risks of shale gas extraction should not overshadow the benefits of cheaper fuel. Philip Fletcher, chair of...
Action from over a dozen activists has shut down the Staffordshire headquarters of Cuadrilla Resources, the firm whose exploratory shale gas drilling in Sussex has been...
Anti-fracking protestors have set up camp near the controversial exploratory shale gas drilling site in Balcombe, west Sussex. The five day ‘Reclaim the Power’ action camp,...
There is a growing enthusiasm for natural gas as a relatively low-carbon fuel, with the government in the UK looking to emulate the US shale gas...