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IEA: Rapid pivot to clean technologies essential to meet global climate goals
IEA: Rapid pivot to clean technologies essential to meet global climate goals

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

  • Energy
  • 13 November 2019
Anatomy of a U-turn: How fracking was halted in the UK, and what happens next
Anatomy of a U-turn: How fracking was halted in the UK, and what happens next

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

  • Policy
  • 05 November 2019
Shaky ground: Government announces shock halt to shale gas support
Shaky ground: Government announces shock halt to shale gas support

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

  • Policy
  • 02 November 2019
'Incompatible with climate policy': Scottish government rules out fracking
'Incompatible with climate policy': Scottish government rules out fracking

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

  • Energy
  • 04 October 2019
Fracking regulator requests 'extensive' data on tremors at suspended Cuadrilla site
Fracking regulator requests 'extensive' data on tremors at suspended Cuadrilla site

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

  • Energy
  • 03 September 2019
Fracking forced to a halt after largest tremor yet at Cuadrilla site
Fracking forced to a halt after largest tremor yet at Cuadrilla site

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

  • Energy
  • 22 August 2019
UK shale gas reserves may be fraction of what is claimed - study
UK shale gas reserves may be fraction of what is claimed - study

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

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 August 2019
Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits
Government opens door to rethink on fracking earthquake limits

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

  • Policy
  • 15 August 2019
Fracking wipes out any chance of UK hitting net zero target, Labour warns
Fracking wipes out any chance of UK hitting net zero target, Labour warns

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calls on the government to ban fracking 'once and for all'

  • Politics
  • 29 July 2019
Fracking tsar quits with attack on 'highly successful' environmental activists
Fracking tsar quits with attack on 'highly successful' environmental activists

Natascha Engel slams government for 'political decisions' that have made hampered development of shale gas industry

  • Infrastructure
  • 29 April 2019
 Fracking plan 'will release same CO2 as 300 million new cars'
Fracking plan 'will release same CO2 as 300 million new cars'

Labour study comes as UK government faces pressure from courts and councils

  • Infrastructure
  • 25 March 2019
'Climate change effects': High Court brands government fracking guidelines 'unlawful'
'Climate change effects': High Court brands government fracking guidelines 'unlawful'

Court rules new planning guidance on fracking is unlawful as it failed to adequately consider latest scientific evidence

  • Infrastructure
  • 06 March 2019
Cottam closure to take UK coal power plant count down to six
Cottam closure to take UK coal power plant count down to six

EDF Energy announces closure of Cottam coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, citing 'challenging market conditions', as government survey again highlights renewables popularity

  • Energy
  • 07 February 2019
Local councils heading for fracking showdown with government
Local councils heading for fracking showdown with government

Greater Manchester tells firms they are not welcome as discontent spreads

  • Infrastructure
  • 07 January 2019
Government clarifies controversial Claire Perry fracking industry meeting
Government clarifies controversial Claire Perry fracking industry meeting

Labour's Barry Gardiner has accused the Energy and Clean Growth Minister of misleading Parliament over shale gas industry meeting that she 'dropped in on'

  • Energy
  • 11 December 2018
Government faces new legal challenge over plans to speed up fracking
Government faces new legal challenge over plans to speed up fracking

Opponents say revised definition of fracking will allow energy firms to bypass planning rules

  • Infrastructure
  • 05 November 2018
Fracking risks turning country against Tories, says Zac Goldsmith
Fracking risks turning country against Tories, says Zac Goldsmith

Conservative MP says drilling and pollution are 'alarming prospect' for communities

  • Infrastructure
  • 29 October 2018
From frackers to Royal Babies: Green Great Britain Week kicks off in face of competing priorities
From frackers to Royal Babies: Green Great Britain Week kicks off in face of competing priorities

Start of flagship event championing green growth coincides with start of fracking operations in Lancashire

  • Politics
  • 15 October 2018
High Court rules fracking can go ahead
High Court rules fracking can go ahead

BREAKING: Fracking for shale gas can proceed in the UK for the first time since 2011 as campaigner loses legal appeal

  • Legislation
  • 12 October 2018
UK jails 'first environmental protestors since 1932' over anti-fracking blockade
UK jails 'first environmental protestors since 1932' over anti-fracking blockade

The men 'deserve our gratitude, not a prison term', Greenpeace's executive director said, after judge handed them 15-16 month sentences

  • Legislation
  • 26 September 2018
Government green lights second Cuadrilla fracking well
Government green lights second Cuadrilla fracking well

Drilling set to start within weeks, after government controversially signs off on latest fracking project

  • Infrastructure
  • 20 September 2018
Labour is divided over its proposed fracking ban - Cuadrilla chief
Labour is divided over its proposed fracking ban - Cuadrilla chief

Accusation comes only weeks before the UK's first fracking in seven years

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 September 2018
Government faces court action over 'illegal' planning policy
Government faces court action over 'illegal' planning policy

Friends of the Earth says revised national planning policy makes it 'virtually impossible' for councils to refuse fracking schemes

  • Legislation
  • 04 September 2018
BEIS scales back public opinion research on fracking
BEIS scales back public opinion research on fracking

Government ends quarterly gauging of attitudes to fracking, nuclear, electric vehicles and smart meters

  • Energy
  • 16 August 2018
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