shale gas

Documents obtained by Friends of the Earth suggest shale gas firm is to conduct seismic surveys in the historic forest, the legendary home of Robin Hood

Green energy specialist files two planning applications to build biogas plants on proposed shale gas sites in bid to highlight that 'there's an alternative to fracking'

Freedom of Information investigation by Greenpeace suggests government ministers deliberately delayed the publication of a key report until Lancashire Council voted on fracking application last summer

Nottinghamshire council approves iGas planning application to drill two wells at Misson, the third UK site to be approved for exploration this year

Bill to ban fracking unanimously passed by Irish House of Representatives

Official government statistics shows public support for nuclear energy drops three per cent following Hinkley Point deal, and support for shale gas hits record low of 17 per cent

Fracking's about as far from locally controlled energy as you can get. We can do so much better, says David Powell at the New Economics Foundation

Majority of people declare themselves unlikely to ever buy a house near a fracking site

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has accepted an appeal from Cuadrilla against an earlier decision to turn down their plans to frack on the Fylde

Councillors are set to decide in the next week whether to allow IGas to drill two exploratory wells