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The madness surrounding Britain’s fracking frenzy reached new heights this morning when London’s Conservative Mayor argued that fracking could take place on the streets of London.

The continued frenzy over fracking is ignoring new scientific research which shows groundwater contamination near wells.

The State of California is fast becoming the front line in America’s fracking wars.

The hype surrounding Britain’s impending fracking boom reached near fever pitch yesterday as one of the UK’s leading fracking companies vastly increased the estimate of its potential reserves.

As a new report is published arguing that Britain's shale gas could become the "new North Sea", critics argue it is “wildly optimistic”, based on “mind-boggling” forecasts and “hopelessly misleading estimates of gas extraction.”

Shell was challenged at its AGM by Indigenous activists over the tar sands and Arctic drilling

German company Bosch, which owns a solar division, has blamed fracking for hurting demand for clean energy.

As Russia gears up for its own fracking revolution, Poland is set to effectively outlaw anti-fracking dissent.

Over 40 per cent of the entire US marketed gas production could be exported, if all the LNG applications go ahead.

Is the fracking boom set to go spectacularly bust?