UK Fracking Task Force Calls For Improved Safety Standards
A report by the UK Task Force on Shale Gas has called for greater safety and transparency measures to be implemented before widespread fracking occurs across the country.
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“Serious Doubts” Over UK Fracking Industry After “Seismic” Vote
The UK fracking industry was left in total disarray yesterday after Lancashire County Council voted overwhelmingly to oppose fracking in the North West of the country.
“You cannot duplicate the US shale experience in Europe”
Growing community and political resistance means that the US shale revolution will not be replicated in Europe, one of the gas industry’s leading figures has warned.
Fracking Chemicals Found in Drinking Water
If you ask communities on the frontline of the fracking industry in the US what their greatest concern is about the controversial technology, often the reply is the threat to their drinking water.
US Shale Boom “Goes Bust”
The global oil price rose slightly this morning on the back of the news from the US government that US shale oil output is expected to fall for the first time in four years.
North African Fracking Protests “Making Political Waves”
The wave of anti-fracking protests sweeping the globe have now spread as far as North Africa.
Falling Gas Prices: Buy an EV Not SUV
It is pretty hard nowadays to pass a gas station and not notice the plummeting price. Fuel prices have been falling so persistently that it appears that Americans have rediscovered their taste for gas guzzlers.
Respiratory and Skin Problems Linked to Fracking
The largest ever scientific study examining the overall health of people living near fracking wells in the US is being published today and once again it sends alarm bells ringing.