Mrs Justice Lang will give her judgement on the decision to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire this morning and she is set to rule that fracking may...
Green energy firm Ecotricity have submitted planning applications for rival Green Gas Mills on proposed fracking sites in order to challenge the shale gas industry. The company...
The Swiss authorities are against fracking, yet the UK government is for, so why is there hardly a difference in policy outcomes between the two? Paul Cairney (University...
Today, the High Court has been asked to form a decision, in a rolled-up hearing, on whether the Kirby Misperton (Yorkshire) council’s decision to allow fracking...
In response to a public opinion poll, released today, which has indicated that a majority of Scots would support a fracking ban, WWF Scotland Director, Lang...
Friends of the Earth international climate campaigner Asad Rehman has reacted to the news that the UK parliament has approved ratification of the Paris climate agreement. ”This...
A package of six research reports have today been released informing the Scottish Government’s position on whether or not to allow any Unconventional Oil and Gas (UOG) development...
Official proposals have been lodged by a Labour MSP today calling for a legal ban on fracking in Scotland. Claudia Beamish MSP is putting forward a Private...
Following the news that a bill to ban fracking has passed first stage of approval in the Irish Parliament, Friends of the Earth Scotland Head of Campaigns...
A legal challenge has been mounted against a group of British oil firms planning to drill in the icy waters of the Norwegian Arctic. At a press conference in...
Today’s decision by the Scottish Government to ban Underground Coal Gasification has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth Scotland. According to Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse, UCG poses...
Friends Of The Earth and local communities in Lancashire are set against the decision by the government to allow fracking to go-ahead at Preston New Road. Secretary...
The energy industry have reacted to the news that Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, has granted the green light to fracking in Lancashire after having accepted...
Today the government made its mind up to allow fracking to take place at Preston New Road in Lancashire. This decision has been slammed by local communities in Lancashire...
Following news of the arrival on the first shipment of ethane from fracked US shale gas to Scotland today Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Head of Campaigns, Mary...