Fracking

Plans for 5MW solar farm get green light in village once earmarked for shale oil exploration

Environment Minister Mark H Durkan announces there will be a "presumption against" the extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons

Energy Minister accuses anti-fracking campaigners of thinking there is 'a bottomless pit of bill-payers' money to fund renewable energy generation'

The Task Force on Shale Gas' latest recommendations don't go far enough, but if the government wants to be seen as serious about decarbonisation it must embrace them

Industry-backed group concludes development of UK shale gas reserves is compatible with climate targets, but only if it acts as 'bridge to a low carbon future'

Newcastle University-led ReFine consortium says its work will help to measure the seismic impact of fracking

Environmental groups band together to call on agency to improve laws for disposal of wastewater, often dumped in places that could leak toxic chemicals

North Yorkshire County Council launches eight-week consultation on shale gas test site plans near Kirby Misperton

Oil and Gas authority confirms 27 development blocks to be offered to companies, while 132 further blocks undergo environmental assessments

New oil and gas exploration licences to be announced this week in latest bid to reinvigorate UK fracking industry