Craig Bennett warns the Treasury is pursuing a pipe dream as it seeks to bet the farm on UK shale gas
Downing Street confirms Prime Minister meant communities will receive £100,000 per drill site as he talked up shale gas potential
Party could also recognise "limited" role for shale gas at next month’s annual conference
Planning controversies, ministerial warnings of further protests and signs of Lib Dem opposition to shale gas combine in a nightmare weekend for fracking industry
Three-quarters of UK public agree government should support solar energy and almost two-thirds back encouraging wind farms, while shale gas remains unpopular
Tory peer tells the Telegraph he meant to highlight the North West as being home to 'large, uninhabited and desolate areas that are suitable for fracking
New report calculates flaring of gas from North Dakota fracking industry leading to greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to putting one million cars on the road
Lord Howell argues that it would be sensible to focus fracking efforts on the 'large, desolate and uninhabited areas' of the North East
Despite opposition, Cuadrilla expects to start drilling in Balcombe this Saturday if relevant permits are received in time
Environmental groups furious as chancellor sets 30 per cent rate for shale gas producers in bid to enhance UK energy security