In this Fracking Week in Parliament: Lord Vinson on shale gas and energy self-sufficiency Alex Cunningham on carbon capture and storage for coal and gas Carolyn Harris on tidal lagoons instead of fracking Baroness Featherstone on shale gas versus tackling climate change
As expected, plans for two new wells and extended testing have been submitted for the Horse Hill oil site near Gatwick.
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A government energy minister has declined to give details of the acceptable level of fugitive emissions from fracking wells in the UK.
Friends of the Earth has confirmed that its legal challenge to the approval of fracking at Third Energy’s site at Kirby Misperton will now be considered in late November.
Two sides in the fracking debate went head to head at an event in Chichester to discuss the pros and cons of shale gas. On the pro side was Professor Ernest Rutter, of Manchester University, and Dr Nick Riley, formerly of the British Geological Survey. Opposing fracking were Emeritus […]
The government has announced it is abolishing the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which regulates some onshore oil and gas operations.
Surrey County Council has backed plans by IGas to convert an exploration site near Guildford to gas production.
Encouraging fracking is unsafe and irresponsible, according to a new report, which concludes that the biggest health threat from shale gas is its contribution to global climate change.
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