The UK Government and its advisers “marginalised, downplayed or ignored” public health concerns about shale gas exploration and fracking in England, new research has concluded.
The UK’s Climate Assembly has said government plans for economic recovery from the coronavirus outbreak should also help achieve net zero carbon emissions.
More than a third of damage reports following the UK’s strongest fracking-induced earthquake in Lancashire last year were from one town, according to data released this week.
In this guest post, Graham Dean, of Reach CSG, reports on the discovery of what could be medieval oil wells near Guildford.
Opposition to fracking has reached a record high of 45%, according to a quarterly government survey of public attitudes.
Complex geology in one of the UK’s leading shale gas regions places a major constraint on exploration and production, scientists have concluded.
Emissions of methane from fossil fuels have been underestimated by up to 40%, according to a new study.
Just one in ten people support fracking in the UK, according to the latest results in a quarterly government survey.
Opposition to fracking reached 44%, a record high, in the latest government survey of public attitudes to shale gas.
Emissions from flares – including climate-damaging methane – could be underestimated, according to new research published today.
