Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour remains committed to its manifesto pledge of a total ban on fracking - Danny Lawson/PA Ed ...

The government says it plans to pass legislation to permanently ban fracking for shale gas in England. A moratorium on the practice was put in place by the last government but the debate has been ...

The ruling group on Lancashire County Council responded to comments made by Reform’s national deputy leader ...

Campaigners are urging the UK government to close a loophole in the 2019 fracking moratorium that allows smaller 'mini fracking' projects, after a controversial North Yorkshire proposal was rejected.

The UK government said on Thursday it will lift a moratorium on shale gas exploration in England as the nation looks to bolster its energy security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ...

The UK’s only two shale wells are to be abandoned, ending more than a decade of controversy over fracking in this country. Energy company Cuadrilla said the UK Government’s Oil and Gas Authority(OGA) ...

A UK High Court has ruled in favour of a decision by a local council in northern England to allow fracking, dismissing a case brought up by local group and environmental players. Friends of the Earth ...

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