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From The GWPF Date: 2/16/19 The state is dependent on imports even though it sits atop the abundant Marcellus Shale. The combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—sometimes known as the “shale revolution”—has...

From The Sun Theresa May has been urged to back fracking as company says it has found ’30 years worth of gas’ in East Midlands Chemical giant Ineos claims the gas field in Nottinghamshire is the richest in UK history...

Firms say regulations forcing operations to stop if they trigger tremors greater than 0.5 magnitude threaten viabilityThe UK’s nascent fracking firms are headed for a crunch moment that will determine whether the industry...

Communities secretary James Brokenshire cited traffic issues in rejecting plans for four wells

From City A.M. The chairman of Britain’s biggest private company has accused the government of using “slippery back door manoeuvres” to kill off fracking in the UK. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire founder of Ineos,...

Cuadrilla and Ineos say strict regulations around earthquakes hinder their work

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward with the sale of land in the vicinity of New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The land, which is considered sacred ground by Native Americans in the area,...

Shale gas firm calls for lighter regulation as it reveals only 5% of Blackpool well is fracked

Launching a new fossil fuel industry was a bad idea, and a coalition of localists and environmentalists appears close to defeating itLess than four months after what was supposed to be a new beginning for fracking in England,...

Ministers are playing politics with the country’s future, says Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe

From The South China Morning Post Scientists have developed an ‘energy rod’ that can fire multiple shock waves to frack sedimentary rock at depths of up to 3.5km China has the world’s largest reserves of natural gas...

Lorries, demonstrators and police drive up air pollution in Kirby Misperton, study finds

We are trying to be positive, but there’s little likely to put a smile on your face – except for a couple of things …

But charity vows to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to protect Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire from fracking by Ineos

Friends of the Earth granted judicial review it hopes will help alter planning rules