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Chemical Giant, Ineos, Plans 30 Frack Wells in UK Within Months

It will become a defining battle of our times. A Brexit-supporting billionaire, who until recently lived as a tax-exile in Switzerland, versus the people of Britain. And the battle will be over fracking.

Spreading “Seeds of Resistance” against Pipelines

Seeds of resistance are spreading across the country, as landowners stand up for their land, their communities, and the climate.

“We have gained money from not investing in fossil fuels”

As the fossil fuel disinvestment movement gathers a pace, the loses of US oil companies have reached record levels.

More Evidence Links Fracking to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

For some time now scientists have been warning about the dangers of fracking and toxic chemicals and how they might include carcinogens, reproductive toxicants and what are known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs.

New Research a “Wake Up Call” over Fracking and Water Pollution

As the fracking industry tries to expand internationally, being promoted as a so-called clean bridge fuel, it is increasingly clear the industry has not one, but two, Achilles heels.

TransCanada’s Big Gamble on Shale Gas

TransCanada, the company that tried in vain to build the hugely controversial Keystone XL pipeline (KXL), which would have transported tar sands oil from Canada to the US, is now betting big on fracking gas instead.

Oil Bottoms Out, But is US Shale Too Wounded to Respond?

Eventually what goes down, must come up. And to the relief of everyone in the oil industry, the global energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that there are signs that oil prices "might have bottomed out.”

As NASA releases climate “bombshell”, more questions raised over fracking’s climatic impact

As NASA releases a "bombshell" on climate change, a new report concludes that fracking is encouraging the development of other energy-intensive infrastructure and industries which in turn produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide.

Huge Methane Spike in US “Coming From Fracking”

One of the main arguments that the pro-frackers put forward about adopting the controversial technology is that it is a clean, secure fuel that can be used to bridge the gap between dirtier fossil fuels and cleaner renewable energy.

Fracking Rights in Wales Sold for £1

There are many ways you can question the logic of the British Government’s pro-fracking push.