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- ‘We don’t feel safe’: US community in shock after record methane leak Tue, 7 Mar 23, 12:00amA billion cubic feet of the potent greenhouse gas were spewed into atmosphere in rural Pennsylvania amid state’s fracking boom
- Environmentalists accuse Beetaloo Basin pro-fracking website of astroturfing Wed, 22 Feb 23, 1:00amMudburra elder Ray Dimakarri Dixon says he was shocked to discover site using his image to support fracking, which he is campaigning against
- UK chaos: It’s almost like Fracking was the biggest threat? Mon, 31 Oct 22, 5:34amBy Jo Nova Just as Joe Biden cancelled Keystone on his first day, the new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canned Fracking on Day one. He was appointed on Tuesday and the fracking ban was reinstated Wednesday. It tells us exactly...
- Rishi Sunak will keep ban on fracking in UK, No 10 confirms Thu, 27 Oct 22, 12:42amPM said he stood by Tories’ 2019 manifesto policy when asked in Commons, in rebuff to Liz Truss
- British PM Wins Pyrrhic Victory on Fracking Thu, 20 Oct 22, 8:00pmPrime Minister Truss defeated an attempt to ban fracking - barely. But the long winded consultation process tacked on by her rebellious MPs will likely prevent any genuine progress for the foreseeable future.
- How did your MP vote on the fracking motion? Thu, 20 Oct 22, 5:33amLabour tabled vote on banning shale gas drilling in England, which Tory whips said would be treated as confidence motion in Truss’s government
- Truss faces major rebellion on fracking as senior Tories pledge to defy whip Thu, 20 Oct 22, 12:30amChris Skidmore, head of PM’s net zero review, among Conservatives willing to vote against government
- Jacob Rees-Mogg acts to quell Tory MPs’ anger over fracking vote Thu, 20 Oct 22, 12:30amBusiness secretary tables amendment to Labour motion on banning shale gas drilling in England
- Tories told fracking vote should be seen as vote of confidence in Truss Wed, 19 Oct 22, 10:23pmThree-line whip on Labour motion puts dozens of Tory MPs opposed to shale gas extraction on the spot
- Fracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active site Wed, 19 Oct 22, 4:00pmExclusive: Lancashire site responsible for 192 earthquakes over course of 182 days in 2018-19, Lib Dem analysis has found
- Tory MPs mull backing Labour attempt to force binding fracking vote Wed, 19 Oct 22, 8:30amOpposition motion drafted to make it very difficult for government to ignore or allow mass abstentions
- Labour vows to treble solar power use during first term if elected Fri, 14 Oct 22, 8:30amEd Miliband criticises Liz Truss’s ‘anti-green-energy dogma’ after plans to ban solar projects revealed
- The problem with ethylene plants and the plastics boom Fri, 14 Oct 22, 4:30amWe know plastic waste is a massive environmental issue. From overflowing landfills, incinerators polluting the air, to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch polluting the ocean, plastic has become a ubiquitous presence in modern...
- Tory-led council votes to demand Truss stick to no fracking pledge Fri, 14 Oct 22, 12:15amFylde council, home to Preston New Road shale gas site in Lancashire, unanimously backs motion
- Fact check: are the Tories right that British oil and gas is greener? Thu, 13 Oct 22, 10:40pmThe climate minister says new domestic drilling for oil and gas will help the UK reach net zero by 2050. Is he right?