Fracking operations produce radioactive waste derived from naturally occurring uranium and thorium - until now, safely buried deep underground. And right now the industry has neither a plan, nor the ...

The UK's fledgling shale gas industry could be stopped in its tracks after dramatic new evidence established a link for the first time between the "fracking" technology used to dislodge natural gas ...

On 1 December, activists from Greenpeace Hungary placed a 23-metre-long "Stop fracking" sign on a drilling rig in the Nyékpuszta gas field. They also warned that climate change means that natural gas ...

THE NUMBER of patents filed worldwide for fracking technology reached a record high in 2013, according to new Thomson Reuters data released today. Last year 706 applications were filed, up 28 per cent ...

The Government has rejected shale gas technology as a solution to Britain's energy crisis, conceding it will do little to cut bills or keep the lights on. Supporters of the fracking technology – which ...

Concerns over hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas extraction method that injects millions of gallons of freshwater and chemicals into shale, have largely focused on potential impacts on water quality ...

Fracking was halted in 2011 after some minor earthquakes near Blackpool, in north-west England, were attributed to test wells being drilled The UK government recently lifted its moratorium on the ...

Fracking, as it is known, is a controversial technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. But how concerned should people be about the environmental impacts? Hydraulic fracturing is widely ...

Fracking is banned in France and Bulgaria, with moratoriums in place in large parts of Europe. A recent EU report warned that fracking poses high risks of water contamination and air pollution - and ...