“We’re going all out for shale gas”, the shiny man says. All out for a technology whose availability is unproven and undefined, its impacts unclear and...
Just one in five Britons would “definitely” support fracking near their homes, whilst 33% would support it elsewhere in the country, a poll by Viewsbank has...
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Lincolnshire is set to receive £30m investment from French-based oil and gas firm Total SA to investigate the county’s shale gas potential. Hydraulic fracking, or fracking, is...
The government has come under fire over claims that it is “bribing” local authorities across the UK, by allowing them to keep 100% of business rates...
French fossil fuel giant Total is to become the first major oil company to invest in the UK’s shale gas industry, it announced on Monday. The...
Fund management business Alliance Trust Investments is set to change its policy to a more precautionary view on unconventional gas, which includes fracking, following concerns raised...
The majority of investment fund managers are confident that domestic shale gas production will help lower consumer energy bills. However, of the 200 fund managers questioned,...
Hydraulic fracturing, often known as fracking, is a process by which natural gases are extracted from shale rocks beneath the Earth’s surface. The process includes blasting...
A new thread has opened in the heated debate over fracking in the UK, this time regarding the share of the revenue communities should get for...
The government has set out measures to provide “certainty” to shale gas investors and local communities as fracking firm Cuadrilla announced it would be leaving the...
New research has shown that water from US fracking sites had levels of chemicals able to influence estrogens and androgens hormones. The study, published on Endocrinology,...
Anti-fracking campaigners have delivered a giant wind turbine blade as a ‘Christmas gift’ to shale gas firm IGas, blocking the entrance to its drilling site in...
Yesterday’s news that a record number of customers had switched energy supplier in November is welcome, on the face of it. It remains to be seen...
US president Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to meet 20% of its electricity demand with renewable energy by 2020. The target represents an increase...