Government departments paid no compensation to UK shale gas companies over the restoration of the fracking moratorium, even though the industry warned of a multi-million pound court action.
The UK government has rejected all the recommendations of a cross-party committee of MPs to speed up decarbonisation of energy supply.
The company behind plans to explore for gas near a Surrey village has threatened to sue a senior local councillor for libel.
Shares in IGas rose more than a third this morning on an announcement that the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with SSE Heath Networks on the development of a geothermal district heating project in Stoke-on-Trent.
People are being asked to comment on plans for oil drilling and production near a rare chalk stream in the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
A government department has refused to release reports by planning inspectors on two public inquiries into shale gas schemes in England.
Cuadrilla has been accused of trying to downplay last night’s 1.6ML earth tremor caused by its fracking operation near Blackpool.
A council in Surrey is to shape its response to local oil and gas proposals on public comments to a listening panel.
In this guest post, Lancashire resident Barbara Richardson explains her frustration that the energy minister won’t meet local people to listen to their concerns about fracking.
Most people were not consulted by oil and gas companies about developments in the neighbourhood and the vast majority were unhappy with the industry’s approach to public engagement, according to new research.
