shale gas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Report was with ministers in 2015 but only published three years later, days after a key fracking permit was awarded

After independent financial resilience assessment, Cuadrilla granted fracking permit by energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry