Updated: Energy security strategy backs nuclear, offshore wind and North Sea
UK electricity will be 95% low carbon by 2030, with a “major acceleration of homegrown power”, the government announced tonight.
Ruth Hayhurst
Investigative journalist and environmental writer. Specialising in UK onshore oil and gas, fracking and the reaction to it.
80 fracking wells could supply 3 million homes in a year – IGas
IGas has estimated it could produce fracked gas for three million homes within 12-18 months if the fracking moratorium was lifted.
Government orders review of fracking science
The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has ordered a scientific review of the impact of fracking.
“New fossil fuel investment is moral and economic madness” – UN sec gen’s final warning
Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness, the UN secretary general said today.
April 2022 headlines
Keep up to date with April 2022’s news with our digest of daily updated headlines about the business, regulation and campaigns around UK fracking, shale, and onshore oil and gas.
“There can be no moving the fracking goalposts” – Fylde MP
The MP representing the area around Cuadrilla’s shale gas site in Lancashire has opposed efforts by some fellow Conservatives to lift the moratorium on fracking and relax regulations on earthquakes.
MPs investigate how UK can cut reliance on oil and gas
A group of MPs has launched an inquiry into how the UK can phase out fossil fuel use more quickly.
Climate campaigner seeks to take Horse Hill case to UK’s highest court
An environmental campaigner who brought a legal challenge over the climate impact of onshore oil production has applied to take her case to the final court in the UK.
Reprieve for Cuadrilla’s wells “leaves door open to fracking” – campaigners
Opponents of fracking have described today’s withdrawal of an order to plug and abandon Cuadrilla’s Lancashire shale gas wells as ‘kicking the fracking can down the road ‘. More details
Order withdrawn to abandon Cuadrilla’s shale gas wells
The oil and gas regulator has withdrawn its order requiring Cuadrilla to plug and abandon its two shale gas exploration wells at Preston New Road in Lancashire.
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