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Lancastrians protested against it, the council rejected it, the health impacts are shocking. But this government doesn’t care

Energy minister issues first permit since new regulatory regime introduced

French parliamentarians have passed a law banning fossil fuel extraction. President Macron says he wants France to lead the world with switch to renewables

Joe Corré accuses multinational petrochemical company of ‘bully boy tactics’ to prevent legitimate protest against its fracking activities in the UK

Prof John Underhill argues that geology is fundamental but has been forgotten in assessments of UK’s shale gas capability

Scuffles and accusations of aggression increase at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas exploration site

Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm hails acquisition as ‘very logical’ as Danish firm makes progress in switch to renewables

Anglo-Swiss chemicals firm hails £1bn acquisition as ‘very logical’ as Danish firm makes progress in switch to renewables

The oil cartel is maintaining price discipline for now. But a concatenation of global circumstances could destroy its power to control the marketWhen the major oil-producing countries meet in a month’s time at a Vienna...

Activists will challenge permission granted to Cuadrilla for test fracking sites near Blackpool as pressure mounts over the cost of policing the protests

CEO Francis Egan complains about protesters ‘harassing’ contractors supplying Preston New Road site in Lancashire

Leakage of natural gas from drilling and pipework means more methane is entering the atmosphere

Europe has taken its first shipment of shale at the Swiss operator’s Norwegian plant, raising concerns about the future of shale gas and fracking in the UK

British oil company believes fossil fuels will still be providing 80% of total energy supply in 2035

Loss or destruction of the natural environment is most common concern for people opposed to hydraulic fracturing, long-running government poll finds