The Government’s plan to establish the UK shale gas industry through the controversial process of fracking is taking longer than expected, a new report has said. The National Audit Office (NAO) report ...

Campaigners have criticised the Government for failing to consider measures which they claim could reduce the environmental impact of fracking at Cuadrilla’s controversial Preston New Road site.

It's a term commonly used in the news, but here we set out what's actually involved in shale gas extraction. Fracking is a common process that has been widely used in the oil and gas industry for more ...

Fracking has been declared safe in a new report, provided best practice and effective regulation are robustly enforced. A review of the often controversial process of extracting shale gas has been ...

The watchdog said Friends of the Earth "agreed not to repeat the claims, or claims that had the same meaning" Friends of the Earth (FOE) must not repeat misleading claims it made in an anti-fracking ...

An MP has called for an end to fracking at the UK's only active shale gas site after tremors led to the indefinite suspension of operations. A 2.9 magnitude tremor was recorded on Monday close to ...

A photo of a Cumbrian lake is shown on the anti-fracking leaflet but no fracking is planned in the area Friends of the Earth (FOE) has been accused of deliberately misleading people about the dangers ...

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