Senior cabinet ministers, including the chancellor George Osborne and energy secretary Ed Davey, could see fracking developments begin on their doorstep, with licenses for exploratory drilling...
Anti-fracking campaigners in Sussex who were blocking the entrance to a proposed shale gas exploration site have been forcibly moved by police. At least 10 protesters...
François Hollande has reaffirmed that France will not support fracking for as long as he is president, after a ban was placed on all shale gas...
Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called out at 4.20am on Thursday morning, when six Greenpeace activists began climbing up the Shard in London, which is...
Downstream director Ben van Beurden has beaten off competition to become the new chief executive of oil giant Shell, after current boss Peter Voser announced his...
BP, Shell and BG Group were responsible for 55 leaks of oil and other chemicals in the North Sea in the past few months, according to...
The mayor of London Boris Johnson has said that the city should exploit its full shale gas potential in order to “keep the lights on” and...
Oil giants including BP and Exxon Mobil have been accused of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with investors’ money because of their links with poor performing Russian energy...
China, Japan and South Korea are among six countries that have this week been granted observer status within intergovernmental group the Arctic Council. The organisation, whose...
Critics of renewables are often given powerful platforms to voice their opinions. This vocal minority skew the debate, especially when polls suggest the majority of the...