shale gas

Energy Minister reiterates 'net zero is part of the solution, not part of the problem', despite calls to revive UK fracking projects

Don't listen to the fossil fuel enthusiasts pushing fracking as a solution for the UK's currently volatile energy market, argues ECIU's Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin

Alignment with Paris Agreement remains long way off but investment in energy efficiency, offshore wind, and battery storage could yet place countries on a sustainable course, IEA declares in World Energy Outlook 2019

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

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

University of Nottingham says new techniques give lower estimate than in 2013 report

As fracking resumes in Lancashire, mixed messages emerge from government as it tones down the pro-shale gas rhetoric but hints at a review of crucial tremor rules