The Government has commissioned a review of the latest scientific evidence on fracking, as the debate over UK energy supplies intensifies. There has been a moratorium on shale gas extraction since ...

Environmental Audit Committee issues report calling for a moratorium on shale gas exploration, citing fears over the health and environmental impacts of fracking Fracking involves pumping water, sand ...

Leading female British scientist Averil Macdonald has suggested women 'don't understand' the science behind fracking and only oppose it based on 'gut feeling'. Claire Cohen begs to differ ...

Fracking can go ahead in England, the government said on Thursday, lifting a ban on the controversial process. A moratorium was put in place in 2019 following concerns over earth tremors. But with the ...

UK energy bills are set to reach £3,549 a year from October, as regulator Ofgem announced an 80 percent hike to bills. The typical household’s annual bill is currently £1,971, yet this is forecast to ...

Trump's nationalist, populist and anti-science rhetoric on fracking has shifted the debate to the right, endangering the environment and public health. Trump claims that by “protecting” fracking he ...

The UK government claim that fracking is a 'clean' energy source rests on the conclusions of a single scientific paper, writes Paul Mobbs. And now that paper has been conclusively invalidated: it uses ...

A moratorium on shale gas extraction was introduced in 2019 over tremors caused by the controversial process. The Government has commissioned a review of the latest scientific evidence on fracking, as ...