The 16-year-old Swedish climate campaigner, Greta Thunberg, has described the UK’s support for shale gas as “irresponsible” and “beyond absurd”.
The shale gas industry was warned today it must tackle the problem of who pays for decommissioning if the operator goes out of business.
UK oil and gas companies are regularly breaching regulation of their operations with little consequence, new research published today concludes.
A parliamentary group is seeking expert evidence on earthquakes caused by fracking.
The public inquiry into IGas plans to test its gas well at Ellesmere Port resumes in Chester next week.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, is seeking permission to add new chemicals to its fracking operations in Lancashire.
This post has live news updates from Day 6 of the inquiry into IGas plans to test for gas flows at its well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. The hearing will hear evidence on site location from Frack Free Ellesmere Port and Upton (FFEPU), which argues the proposal is “wrong […]
The government’s new shale regulator, announced last spring, has three members of staff, at a cost of £75,000, operates “virtually” and has no powers, the energy minister has said.
Greater Manchester announced a policy this morning which would have the effect of blocking fracking across one of the UK’s major shale gas regions.
People have three more weeks to give their views on the Scottish government’s policy not to support fracking.
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