shale gas
Energy
More than 90 new licenses for onshore oil and gas exploration released today as ministers seek to inject fresh optimism into UK fracking industry
17 December 2015
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Infrastructure
BREAKING Controversial proposals on fracking have been approved but campaigners say drinking water could be at risk
16 December 2015
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Energy
Industry-backed group says exploratory drilling essential for mapping size of potential industry, but insists large-scale drilling should only go ahead under stricter regulatory regime
15 December 2015
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Infrastructure
BBC reports Lancashire County Council has been informed ministers will make final decision on controversial Cuadrilla fracking plans
27 November 2015
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Legislation
Fracking in Sites of Special Scientific Interest and other protected areas will be banned in latest shale gas policy reversal, but green campaigners warn more stringent regulation still needed
05 November 2015
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Energy
UPDATED Averil Macdonald says women are less likely to be pursuaded by the facts around shale gas exploration than men
23 October 2015
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Energy
Averil Macdonald's suggestion women oppose fracking because they don't understand it only harms the shale gas industry she is trying to champion
23 October 2015
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Infrastructure
Energy Minister accuses anti-fracking campaigners of thinking there is 'a bottomless pit of bill-payers' money to fund renewable energy generation'
23 September 2015
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Energy
The Task Force on Shale Gas' latest recommendations don't go far enough, but if the government wants to be seen as serious about decarbonisation it must embrace them
16 September 2015
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Energy
Industry-backed group concludes development of UK shale gas reserves is compatible with climate targets, but only if it acts as 'bridge to a low carbon future'
16 September 2015
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