Fracking for UK onshore oil and gas hit the headlines again during 2025. The year opened with the announcement by Europa Oil ...

Highly-controversial ‘fracking’ operations could be considered by Perth and Kinross Council in the near future. According to PKC, ‘large parts’ of the Big County and Kinross-shire are currently ...

Prime Minister Liz Truss was asked to form a government on September 6 by Queen Elizabeth II, who tragically passed away just two days later. It’s a major U-turn on former government policy, with ...

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FRACKING can go ahead in England, with the government lifting a ban on the controversial process. Fracking in the UK has been a controversial subject within local communities and among MPs due to ...

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Fracking was suspended at Cuadrilla's fracking site in Preston New Road after a tremor was detected (PA) Fracking has been halted at Cuadrilla’s gas exploration site in Lancashire after tremors were ...

Environmental campaigners are taking the government to court in the latest legal challenge over fracking policies. In July ministers told local authorities to “recognise the benefits of onshore oil ...

FRACKING industry leaders have agreed to outline where and when they hope to launch operations in the coming decades as part of a drive by an MP to address rising levels of community concern. Energy ...

All fracking plans in Scotland are on hold while a Scottish government moratorium remains in place Nine companies have applied for licences to carry out fracking operations beneath 1,900 sq km of land ...

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 ...