‘Expensive Hypocrisy’ — UK to Import Shale Gas From U.S. While Banning Fracking At Home
Rishi Sunak’s plan to increase American natural gas imports has been branded as “expensive hypocrisy” given his decision to ban fracking.
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China Builds ‘Huge’ Shale Gas Drilling Facility
China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday boasted that oil giant Sinopec’s new shale gas well drilling facility broke two domestic records for its 14,062-foot horizontal expanse. The immense facility is expected to give a “strong boost” to shale gas production.
‘Just Stop Oil’ Climate Protesters Blockade Downing Street
Climate extremist group Just Stop Oil has blockaded Downing Street, site of the Prime Minister’s official residence, and say they will not leave “until their demands are met”.
Reform Leader Tice Sets Out ‘Wartime’ Response to Energy Crisis: Fracking, Price Controls, Nationalisation
The right-populist Reform Party, formerly the Brexit Party, wants “wartime” measures to stabilise the energy crisis, calling on the government to “take control of UK energy production pricing” in order to bring down prices for consumers.
Fracking ‘Unlikely’ to Cause Dangerous Earthquakes in the UK – Report
Despite the in-place ban, it is ‘unlikely’ that gas fracking in the UK would lead to dangerous earthquakes, a study has found.
Delingpole: Fracking Could Have Spared Britain Its Winter of Discontent, as BoJo Well Knew…
The United Kingdom is currently suffering severe gas shortages. And I know just the person who could have sorted it out, if only people had listened to him…
Delingpole: Welcome to Boris’s Blackout Britain…
Britain’s prospects under Boris Johnson are obviously much, much better than they would have been under Jeremy Corbyn. But there’s one area especially, I fear, where this Conservative administration is going to come seriously unstuck.
Delingpole: Boris’s Surrender to the Greenies Is Fracking Stupid
Boris Johnson has done his first really, really bad thing since becoming Prime Minister: banning fracking for shale gas.
Government Temporarily Halts Support for Fracking for Shale Gas Extraction
LONDON (AP) — The British government has announced that it will no longer allow fracking because of new scientific analysis that casts doubts on the safety of the controversial practice.
Pollak: 3 Wonderful Green Inventions the ‘Green New Deal’ Would Kill
The “Green New Deal” introduced Thursday by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will not save the planet from its supposed destruction in 12 years. It would, however, harm the environment by banning the three most revolutionary “green” inventions of the last several decades.
Britain’s First U.S. Shale Gas Delivery Arrives in Scotland
GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland (Reuters) – Britain’s first shale gas delivery from the United States sailed into a heated European political debate on fracking on Tuesday and immediately ran into its first practical problem – the Scottish weather.
Labour Calls for Total Ban on Fracking as Advertising Watchdog Criticises Scare Campaign
Britain’s left-wing Labour Party has announced it will impose a total ban on fracking if it wins the next election.
Friends of the Earth Accused of Misleading Regulator over Anti-Fracking Campaign
One of the world’s biggest environmental organisations has been accused of altering documents after regulators raised questions about its campaign against fracking. Friends of the Earth is accused of deceiving Britain’s Charity Commission after claiming its charitable arm had stopped
UK To Allow Shale Gas Fracking Beneath National Parks
MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of the use of fracking to extract shale gas under national parks, weakening a decision against fracking in national parks made earlier this year and giving shale gas explorers access to more resources. Britain
UK Needs To Start Fracking Before Touting Benefits – Report
Britain should begin exploratory drilling or fracking of shale gas sites to allow the industry and government to fully assess its economic benefits for the country, a shale gas industry-funded task force said on Tuesday. Britain is estimated to have
Britain changes rules to fast-track shale gas permits
The British government will give its communities minister the power to directly approve shale gas permits, removing decision-making from local politicians who have in the past months blocked the progress of Britain’s first such wells. In late June, local government
BBC Overjoyed at Council’s Decision to Reject Fracking
The BBC has wasted no time expressing its unreserved joy at the news Lancashire County Council has rejected a planning application from Cuadrilla to drill for shale gas near Blackpool. The decision – which appears to be based on little
Wind Farm Rule Change To Give Local Authorities Final Say On Planning Permission
In a move that could effectively end the building of new onshore wind farms in Britain, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has announced that no new wind farms will be given the go-ahead without the permission of local communities. She has also promised
Labour Stalls Britain’s Shale Revolution By Introducing Onerous Regulations
The Labour Party derailed Britain’s shale gas revolution last night by forcing the government to amend a new law giving fracking the go-ahead to include onerous regulations. Despite delivering lower energy prices in America, where fracking for shale gas has been embraced, Members of
