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The Government has lifted the ban on fracking in England. The Government has lifted the moratorium on fracking in a controversial move to stimulate more domestic gas supplies. More properly known as ...

Opposition from protesters and public concern over environmental impacts have long thwarted the ambitions of energy companies and the Government to develop fracking in the UK. Following a new report ...

THERE is still time to secure your place at the Yorkshire Post’s public debate on fracking taking place later this month. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access ...

Fracking has somehow become embroiled in the ongoing mayhem surrounding the government – but just what is it, and why is it so controversial? Prime minister Liz Truss announced in September that she ...

Ministers at Westminster have given the green light for "fracking" for shale gas to resume in the UK. Moves by gas company Cuadrilla to exploit the unconventional gas in Lancashire were put on hold 18 ...

The ban on fracking in England will be reinstated, new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. It reverses a decision by his predecessor Liz Truss. Fracking was first halted in England in 2019, amid ...

A CONTROVERSIAL method of extracting gas which has been blamed for causing earth tremors could become a common practice across the Lothians after a UK ban was lifted. Did you know with a Digital ...

The reversal of Government support for fracking follows years of opposition from campaigners and local communities. Attempts to establish a UK shale gas industry proved slow and were thwarted by ...

More properly known as hydraulic fracturing, fracking is a process by which liquid is pumped deep underground at high pressure to fracture shale rock and release gas or oil trapped within it.

The government says it plans to pass legislation to permanently ban fracking for shale gas in England. A moratorium on the practice was put in place by the last government but the debate has been ...