The government has resumed its quarterly survey of public attitudes to fracking and shale gas.
… Fracking support remains low - government poll Ruth Hayhurst | 14th November 2018 News Fracking Lancashire Shale Gas Energy Clear On … its quarterly survey of public attitudes to fracking and shale gas. The government has …
The National Audit Office (NAO) report comes amid ongoing public concern over the effects of fracking.
… Shale gas plans in fracking disarray Mike Bedigan | 23rd October 2019 News Fracking Shale Gas Climate Breakdown National … ongoing public concern over the effects of fracking. The government's plan to establish …
In a perfect storm, Middle England is joining forces with climate activists to say no to fracking and the UK's much-talked about shale gas boom
… unite in opposition to shale gas and fracking Jan Goodey | 15th January 2012 News Shale Gas Fracking Natural World Energy frack2.jpg … forces with climate activists to say no to fracking and the UK's much-talked about shale …
Fracking in the UK resumed yesterday after a seven-year hiatus.
… 'Green Great Britain Week' opens with fracking Joseph Dutton | 16th October 2018 News Fracking UK Renewables Low Carbon Green … Shale Gas Climate Changes dpjldecwsaaam4r.jpg Fracking in the UK resumed yesterday after a …
The controversial gas-extraction process known as 'fracking' is safe, says UK-based Cuadrilla Resources, and not a threat to ground or surface water supplies
… UK's 'fracking' gas-extraction is not unconventional … The Ecologist | 2nd March 2011 News Shale Gas Fracking Energy Renewables Gas Fossil Fuels … gas-extraction process known as 'fracking' is safe, says UK-based Cuadrilla …
Controversial 'fracking' technique to extract gas from the ground was the 'highly probable' cause of earth tremors, report finds
… Shale gas fracking 'probable' cause of Lancashire quakes … Jowit Hanna Gersmann | 2nd November 2011 News Fracking Shale Gas Energy Politics And … in the search for shale gas Controversial 'fracking' technique to extract gas from the …
Shale gas operator confirms it will not be able to resume operations before its planning permission expires.
… An end to fracking in Lancashire? Catherine Early | 3rd October 2019 News Fracking Cuadrilla Lancashire Shale Gas Change Makers preston_new_road_fracking.jpg Shale gas operator confirms it …
As well as local outrage over 'fracking' drilling there is new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential gas boom near Blackpool
… UK gas fracking boom 'may be dirtier than coal' Tom … shale gas As well as local outrage over 'fracking' drilling there is new evidence its … technique, known as hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ by some, is being met with strong …
The success of the SNP and surveys carried out by DECC show that green energy is overwhelmingly popular, writes Keith Barnham. Labour's failure to support renewables and oppose nuclear power and fracking may have cost them the last election - but now, with the rise of Jeremy Corbyn there's a real chance for the party to put that right.
… renewables and oppose nuclear power and fracking may have cost them the last election … "a renewable energy revolution" , an end to fracking, democratisation of railways, energy … these low percentages favouring nuclear and fracking would have fallen even further had …
A stones throw from where Cuadrilla lost its bid to develop a fracking operation in Lancashire, a solar farm has just won planning permission with widespread local support, writes Ben Lucas. However a 194-turbine offshore wind farm near the Isle of Wight has been refused planning consent.
… Solar farm approved at rejected fracking site Ben Lucas DeSmog.uk | 11th … where Cuadrilla lost its bid to develop a fracking operation in Lancashire, a solar farm … Wight has been refused planning consent. Anti-Fracking campaigners in Lancashire have …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
… Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Shale Gas News Energy Politics And … technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, whereby millions of gallons of frack … movement against injection wells and fracking, ‘Frackfree Mahoning Valley’, which …
Consumers around the world want their electricity to come from renewable sources, writes Paul Brown. Yet governments from the UK to Australia are defying the popular will as they push for fossil fuels and nuclear power. The good news? Renewable energy is surging ahead regardless.
… gas reserves by the controversial method of fracking - fracturing rock to allow the gas to … and only 24% support shale gas extraction by fracking. Huge popular support for renewable … European Union competition legislation . Fracking is still at the exploratory stage and …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
… need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient … said the Government is going "all out for fracking" and has recently introduced regulation that would allow fracking in national parks and through …
Inquiry to hear from experts on potential climate impacts of the first flow test site in the county.
… Brooker | 17th January 2019 News Shale Gas Fracking Ellesmere Port FoE Friends Of The … the continued and overwhelming opposition to fracking in the UK. They will be supported by … on their doorstep. “Instead of forcing dirty fracking on communities, the government should …
Labour government 'would make Britain the first major country in the world to set and achieve the target of zero-carbon power by 2030'.
… Government’s decision to open the door for fracking and ripped into Mr Rees-Mogg for … government’s decision to open the door for fracking, telling delegates: “The Tories banned fracking in 2019 because they said it was …
Despite outrage in the US over ‘fracturing’ techniques used to extract shale gas and new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal, the UK has given the go-ahead to companies here to begin drilling. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential unconventional gas boom near Blackpool
… technique, known as hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ by some, is being met with strong … shale formations READ MORE... NEWS UK's 'fracking' gas-extraction is not unconventional … gas-extraction process known as 'fracking' is safe, says UK-based Cuadrilla …
Rural community fears 'extreme' and unconventional drilling for oil.
… Natalie Bennett | 27th November 2018 News Fracking Oil Industry Gas Shale Gas Extreme … into the Earth. This process is similar to fracking, a kind of drilling that's got a lot … day when I visited the the Misson proposed fracking site the protectors had recorded that …
In the face of repeated attempts by the UK government to suppress the nation's solar industry in favour of fracking and nuclear, Jeremy Leggett tells the story of how the solar company he founded in 2000 has not just survived, but driven forward with technical innovation - including its new 'Sunstation' - an integrated 'snap-on' solar generation design that elegantly embeds into roofs.
… the nation's solar industry in favour of fracking and nuclear, Jeremy Leggett tells the … Gas prices will continue to render fracking uneconomic, even if the oil industry …
… 3rd December 2019 News Gas Shale Gas Pipeline Fracking EU US Russia Thought Leaders … forced the energy companies driving European fracking to conclude the ventures were an …
How did Germany do it? No, not its World Cup victory - how did Germany engineer Europe's highest penetration of renewable energy, plus fast-dropping electricity prices? Keith Barnham explains - and says the UK could do the same, and better!
… that it would be giving even more support to fracking natural gas. Given the uncertain yield, fracking is likely to give more expensive … stands at 85% and onshore wind at 70%, while fracking is only supported by 29%. The simple …
An 500-strong Indigenous community in Alberta, the heart of Canada's environmentally catastrophic tar sands industry, is fighting back against the pollution, writes Melina Laboucan-Massimo - by cutting themselves adrift from dependence on fossil fuels, and starting up their own solar power station: a vital first step towards building a just and sustainable society.
… three decades of intensive oil, gas, logging, fracking and tar sands exploitation in our …
The renewable energy revolution is in full swing, writes Jeremy Leggett, with costs falling to new lows, deployment of wind and solar surging to unprecedented highs, and confidence ebbing away from fossil fuels. But global warming is also accelerating, with global temperature records broken every month for a year. Will the energy transition happen in time to avert catastrophe?
… is upon us - for good and for ill In the UK, fracking of shale for gas won a council … "The cult following still believes that fracking in the UK could be profitable. …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… (AD) is a lower carbon competitor to fracking, and threatens a big earner for the …
The High Court has overturned a 'fatally flawed' decision by Eric Pickles MP to refuse planning permission for a locally popular 24MW solar farm on former WW2 airfield in Suffolk, England, close to an industrial estate and go-kart circuit.
… the treatment afforded the far less popular fracking and nuclear industries and is …