
Energy campaigners have called on the British government to “realise” at least one shale project in the UK, to prove the technology’s worth and to prevent investors drifting away to projects abroad. “The most important step now is to kick-start one shale
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Aug 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

The UK’s revenue from oil and gas has plummeted by 54 per cent in the space of a year from £4.7bn in 2013-14 to just £2.1bn in 2014-15 as world oil prices continue to drop. The fall is more than
by Nick Hallett1 Jul 2015, 1:22 AM PST0

The decision by Lancashire County Council to reject a planning application for shale gas drilling was taken against the advice of both their planning and legal departments as well as being contrary to a recommendation by the Department for Energy and
by Donna Rachel Edmunds30 Jun 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

British officials on Monday rejected another Cuadrilla Resources shale gas project in northwest England on the grounds of visual and noise impact, just four days after refusing a different shale gas planning application. Cuadrilla’s project at Preston New Road near
by Reuters29 Jun 2015, 3:52 AM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order Wednesday implementing California’s first-ever mandatory water restrictions that require cities and towns to cut their water usage by 25 percent over the next nine months. But Brown will not cut oil company water use for fracking because the industry pays over $20 billion in state and local taxes.
by Chriss W. Street4 Apr 2015, 10:59 AM PST0