The amount of shale gas in the UK may be significantly less than what was previously estimated, according to a new study. Continue Reading
Cuadrilla is set to begin paying out the £100,000 community funding pot that it has set aside to compensate households in close proximity to their drilling well between Blackpool and Preston.
Recent information obtained in research by the Heriot-Watt University has indicated that fracking will not provide as much fuel as initially thought.
The high court has ruled against two campaign groups who sought to challenge the North Yorkshire county council’s decision to allow fracking to go ahead near the town of Kirby Misperton.
Nottinghamshire county council has given its approval for a company to begin exploratory work in preparation for potential hydraulic fracturing for shale gas.
A proposal to ban fracking outright in Ireland overcame its first hurdle earlier this week as a vote in favour of the ban was passed unanimously in the country’s lower house, the Dáil Éireann.
A recent poll conducted by YouGov for the University of Nottingham shows that public support for fracking in the UK has reached an all time low.
The government has overturned a decision made by Lancashire council to reject applications for permits allowing hydraulic fracturing to take place.
The UK’s first shipment of shale gas produced by hydraulic fracturing in the US has arrived off the coast of Scotland and, according to the latest reports, is currently anchored awaiting calmer conditions to dock.
New Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed plans to offer out cash payments to households near sites where fracking takes place, up to a value of £10 million per community effected.
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