Fracking

Gavin Newsom proposes wide-ranging new vision for winding down fossil fuel production in the world's fifth largest economy

Whoever wins the 2020 election will steer the world's biggest economy through the start of a critical decade for green business

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected

Tory party promises to ramp up offshore wind capacity and roll out a comprehensive fast-charging network, but skirts demands for radical 'climate emergency' programme

Was it climate fears, widespread opposition, earthquakes or incompetent PR which eventually sounded the death knell for shale gas?

In a shock U-turn the government announces moratorium on fracking in the UK, after report reveals unpredictability of forecasting tremors

Attempts to establish a fracking industry have made slow progress while costing the UK taxpayer more than £32m, a report from the National Audit Office has found

Scottish government confirms opposition to shale gas extraction, promising no licences will be issued for the activity

Shale gas operations remain paused at Lancashire site after largest seismic tremor to date was recorded last week

A 1.55 magnitude tremor stops work at Preston New Road, just days after operations resumed following a seven-month hiatus