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 Juliette Jowit Hanna Gersmann | 2nd November 2011 News Fracking Shale Gas Energy Politics And Economics what-the-frack.jpg Energy speculators …
Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, joins the calls for a gas 'fracking' boom, saying it would provide 'energy security'
Environment chief backs gas 'fracking' and nuclear in the UK The Ecologist | 8th May 2012 News Fracking Energy News Focus Gas what-the-frack.jpg Hydraulic fracturing - or fracking - has caused small …
The dash for unconventional gas may have brought financial benefits to some, but for struggling dairy farmers in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, the arrival of drilling wells could be the final nail in the coffin. Dimiter Kenarov reports
… prices Another serious impact has been the fragmentation of farmland by the wells pads, …
In the midst of the US domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. Elizabeth Royte reports
Livestock falling ill in fracking regions, raising concerns about food Elizabeth Royte | 28th January 2013 News Fracking Food And Farming Politics And Economics Energy Agriculture News Analysis …
Natural gas provides an ideal complement to renewable energy sources - not a replacement, argues Mónica V. Cristina of Shale Gas Europe
Shale gas: the facts beyond the myths Mónica V. Cristina | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Energy Comment Politics And Economics andrew image 3.jpg Natural gas provides an ideal complement to …
Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) extraction is the spectre of underground coal gasification (UCG). But if we adopt these wholesale we could close off any hope of stepping back from the climate change brink, says campaign group Frack Off
Fracking our future: the corrosive influence of extreme energy Frack Off | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism Comment Politics And Economics what-the-frack.jpg Following in the wake of …
Across the Marcellus Shale, most abandoned oil and gas wells are supposedly harmless. But some are leaking - polluting land, water and air - and now there are concerns about other risks, reports Dimiter Kenarov
Hunting for Pennsylvania’s abandoned gas wells Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking News.politics And Economics gas1.jpg Across the Marcellus Shale, most abandoned oil and gas …
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
Youngstown: where the promise and curse of shale gas collide Dimiter Kenarov | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Shale Gas News Energy Politics And Economics andrew image 2.jpg Natural gas could be a …
Poland is about to open its doors to an unprecedented dash for gas. But with multinational energy companies circling and widespread fracking about to begin, people and the environment are in the firing line. Andrew Wasley reports from Gdansk
Fracking Hell? How Poland's dash for gas turned sour Andrew Wasley | 28th February 2013 News Fracking Politics And Economics News Poland Investigations andrew image 1.jpg Poland is about to open its …
A unique collaboration between The Ecologist and Link TV lifts the lid on fracking and the shale gas boom sweeping into Europe and beyond...
Fracking hell: the big story 6th March 2013 News Fracking Energy Ecologist Films Politics And Economics andrew image 3.jpg A unique collaboration between The Ecologist and Link TV lifts the lid on …
Protests against fracked-gas pipelines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are part of a growing movement of direct-action resistance to extraction. Insider Eric Moll reports from the Frontline of the resistance
… of the fossil fuel industry. The pipe segment with those holes was laid in the ground …
The UK's fracking protests are working says Jan Goodey who has been reporting for the Ecologist from Balcombe since the first of the protestors turned up to stop the drills
ANTI FRACKING SPECIAL REPORT: UK Jan Goodey Will Cottrell | 27th August 2013 News Climate Change Fracking Energy Politics balcombe1.jpg Camp supporters outside the Cuadrilla gate. Image courtesy of …
In a week which has seen the UK Government shift the fracking argument away from price benefits (always an erroneous case) the pro fracking lobby is now scrambling around to find and play up to the public the wider economic benefits shale gas development could bring to Britain. Alex Stevenson reports....
DECC won't back Cameron's fracking price promise Alex Stevenson | 6th September 2013 News Energy Politics Fracking Climate Change gasprices.jpg How will fracking affect gas prices in the UK? In a …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… the farm down. Others have seen their land fragmented on an unprecedented scale by the …
So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
Underground coal gasification: the 'nuclear option' of unconventional energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 News Fracking Energy Comment Climate Change Politics And Economics what-the-frack.jpg …
Deepwater Horizon disaster firm hold talks with company planning to drill for oil and gas in South Downs National Park. Andrew Wasley reports
Oil giant Halliburton lined up as potential UK fracking partner Andrew Wasley | 5th October 2013 News Fracking Energy Politics And Economics Investigations Gas Oil Ecologist what-the-frack.jpg …
Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....
… by the law. The Canadian Supreme Court's judgment in the historic Marshall case in 1999 … by state misinformation. That same judgment confirmed that the treaty of 1761 had …
"We all have yet to see what the surface environmental impact of fracking is and when we have seen it, then we would reach a view about it."
National Trust "open" to fracking on its land Oliver Tickell | 24th October 2013 News Wind Energy Gas Fracking "We all have yet to see what the surface environmental impact of fracking is and when we …
Botswana has been accused of sacrificing the Kalahari, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and communities who could lose access to scarce water.
The great Kalahari frack attack Jeff Barbee Mira Dutschke David Smith | 18th November 2013 News Africa Fracking Fossil Fuels Gas Indigenous People Kalahari kalahari.png Botswana has been accused of …
The unspoilt pastoral landscape of Transylvania is the latest battlefield in the war against aggressive fossil energy extraction. Jim Wickens reports on the farming communities fighting back against multinational energy companies.
Transylvania revolts: Farmers against fracking Jim Wickens | 27th November 2013 News Energy Gas Fracking Fossil Fuels Romania Direct Action anti-fracking-protest.png The unspoilt pastoral landscape …
Fort Collins and Lafayette are the targets of lawsuits by Colorado frackers, who claim that local bans on fracking within City boundaries violate State laws.
… the fracking bans are invalid - based on a judgment by the Colorado Supreme Court that …
Documents reveal Celtique Energie has been privately touting 'dedicated fracking' to investors for Sussex oil and gas drilling - while publicly describing fracking plans as 'hypothetical'. Andrew Wasley reports.
UK fracking industry's PR offensive 'becoming more canny' Andrew Wasley | 9th December 2013 News Fracking Hydraulic Fracturing Oil And Gas Politics And Econimics News Energy Ecologist …
Pungesti is at the terrifying front line of Romania's resource war - where villagers are fighting off rapacious corporations and their private army of violent riot police, backed by corrupt politicians. Alex Summerchild reports ...
Pungesti, Romania: people versus Chevron and riot police Alex Summerchild | 12th December 2013 News Fracking Romania Fossil Fuels pungesti.png Pungesti is at the terrifying front line of Romania's …