Government orders review of fracking science
The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has ordered a scientific review of the impact of fracking.
Data reveals where people reported damage from fracking earthquake
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.
Emissions from gas flares could be higher than industry estimates – new study
Emissions from flares – including climate-damaging methane – could be underestimated, according to new research published today.
“More fracking needed to understand risk” – earthquake expert
One of the UK’s leading seismologists says more shale gas wells must be fracked to assess the risk from tremors.
Residents demand answers on emergency planning at fracking site after recent tremors
Lancashire residents are demanding to know whether emergency planners have updated the risks from Cuadrilla’s shale gas site following the UK’s strongest fracking-induced earth tremor.
Earth tremors continue around Surrey village as researchers discount link to oil sites
Small earth tremors have continued to be recorded around the Surrey village of Newdigate during the summer.
Record-breaking fracking tremor upgraded – “many frightened” as residents report damage
The British Geological Survey has revised upwards the intensity of the UK’s most powerful fracking-induced earth tremor from “strong” to “slightly damaging”.
Tremors predicted before Lancashire fracking began
An expert in hydraulic fracturing warned Cuadrilla and UK regulators in the days before fracking began near Blackpool that the operation would probably cause earth tremors.
Anger as UK’s largest fracking tremor at 2.9ML shakes Lancashire
A 2.9ML tremor centred on Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool was felt across Lancashire this morning – the largest so far induced by fracking in the UK.
Call for fracking ban after 2.1ML tremor shakes buildings around Cuadrilla shale gas site
People living around Cuadrilla’s shale gas site reported shaking buildings and windows last night from a 2.1ML tremor.
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