UK climate policies “on track to deliver legally-binding carbon cuts”, government tells court
The UK strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could exceed targets set by parliament, government lawyers told the High Court today.
US fracking is an “environmental injustice with impacts not felt equally” – new analysis
Pregnant women, children, indigenous people, communities of colour and low-income neighbourhoods are disproportionately harmed by fracking, according to the latest review in the US of risks and damage.
Fracking is “quite disruptive, may need thousands of wells and can take a long time” – government minister
An energy minister has rejected industry suggestions that it can produce fracked gas within 18 months.
Updated: Ineos offers UK fracking test site
Ineos has offered to develop a fracking test site in the UK.
Two years of missed government deadlines for Woodsetts and Ellesmere Port shale gas decisions
The government has now missed its own deadline by two years for decisions on shale gas schemes in south Yorkshire and Cheshire.
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.
Challenge to government funding of Mozambique gas project goes to Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal will decide whether ministers acted lawfully in agreeing $1.15 billion of financing for a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique, it was confirmed this afternoon.
Judges split over government decision to fund Mozambique gas project
Two judges have disagreed in what could be a landmark case over whether the UK government acted lawfully in approving $1.15bn financing for a liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique.
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