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The fuel could become a 'new North Sea' energy business, and create more than 70,000 jobs, according to a new reportInvestments in shale gas drilling could yield an industry worth nearly £4bn a year to the UK economy and...

Former senior official John Ashton attacks government for 'spooking potential investors' in energy infrastructureThe number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's adaptation to the effects of climate change...

Building programme advancing, says minister as expectations of timetable delay at Hinkley Point grow and Chinese 'lose interest'The government has insisted it was still optimistic about plans to build a series of nuclear...

Stephen Harper's administration has increased spend from $9m to $16.5m in the last yearThe Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push...

Leaked papers show UK rejects proposal to classify oil from tar sands as highly polluting, a label that would deter EU countries from importing itBritain has given its clearest signal yet that it wants to allow European countries...

City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to followReaders of the New York Daily News were treated to a little unsolicited advice from Ed Rendell recently...

Government postpones £11bn rollout of new household gas and electricity meters as suppliers work on 'smooth' switchoverIn the latest reverse on energy policy the government has been forced to delay the introduction of household...

Appointment of Peter Lilley, one of only four MPs to vote against Climate Change Act, criticised by green campaignersOne of the government's fiercest climate change sceptics has been appointed to advise the prime minister...

Ben Moxham, senior policy adviser and former aide to BP chief Lord Browne, becomes latest energy official to quitA key adviser to the prime minister on energy and climate change policies has resigned, in the latest of an...

Residents fear threat to drinking water supplies as Cuadrilla unveils 3,000ft exploratory oil drillThe only company to have fracked for shale gas in the UK, Cuadrilla, is to drill for oil in a West Sussex village from next...

Campaigners say the partnership undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate changeStudents and alumni of Oxford University will protest this afternoon at the opening of a new lab in its...

The government is encouraging power stations to burn biomass in order to help lower carbon emissions. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates.

Shaun Kingsbury says bank's scope must be expanded to bring forward renewable energy and environmental projects across UKThe chief of the UK's £3bn green investment bank is preparing to move the bank to borrowing and raising...

Why is it necessary for those writing about the future UK energy situation like Michael Hanlon (Energy, not bribery, 2 May) to refer to "the lights going out"? The outcome is likely to be far less dramatic...

Apocalyptic predictions are circulating about the size of electricity bills in 2030 if the move to green power goes ahead. There is no need for them to come trueThe UK's energy policy is not "plausible" and a "crisis" is...