Minister avoids questions on acceptable level of fracking emissions
A government energy minister has declined to give details of the acceptable level of fugitive emissions from fracking wells in the UK.
May 2016 fracking headlines
Our digest of May’s headlines about fracking, shale and onshore oil and gas developments – and reaction to them. This month’s top stories …
Leading academic says there are gaps in UK fracking regs
The head of a research programme on fracking said today there were still gaps in the UK’s shale gas regulations.
Energy minister asked officials ‘Is climate change real?’
The Energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom, has admitted to asking her officials “Is climate change real?” And she dismissed the idea that women and men have different attitudes to fracking.
Fracking will be allowed only if operations are safe – Fallon
The Energy Minister Michael Fallon has welcomed the report by Public Health England on the impact of fracking on people’s health and the environment. The report, issued yesterday, said fracking was likely to be low risk but it called for good onsite management and appropriate regulation. Mr Fallon said: “I […]
Energy Minister meets Cuadrilla
The Guardian Diary reports today (8/10/13) it has confirmed, through a Freedom of Information request, that Energy Minister Michael Fallon met Cuadrilla on 24 June 2013, a month before the company got the go-ahead to drill at Balcombe. The Department for Energy and Climate Change could not confirm […]
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