The controversial process of “fracking” will be halted in England due to the risks of triggering earthquakes when trying to tap shale gas reserves, the British government announced Saturday. “After ...

Protestors erected a mock gas fracking rig in front of Britain’s Houses of Parliament in 2012 – Copyright AFP/File BAY ISMOYO Britain on Thursday lifted England ...

A fracking rig flares gas during an anti-fracking protest by Greenpeace activists outside the Houses of Parliament in London ...

The government says it plans to pass legislation to permanently ban fracking for shale gas in England. A moratorium on the practice was put in place by the last government but the debate has been ...

A map showing the areas across England where onshore oil and gas extraction – including fracking – could take place has been published. The map, created by Friends of the Earth, allows people to enter ...

The British oil and gas industry was dealt a blow on Wednesday after the newest Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would reinstate a ban on fracking in England, according to the Financial Times citing ...

London — The U.K. government confirmed Thursday that it's lifting a ban on fracking in England, arguing that the move will help boost the country's energy security amid Russia's war in Ukraine. Prime ...

The 'loophole' allowing England's mini-fracking Campaigners argue a "loophole" in the current fracking moratorium is paving the way for more of what the Environment Agency calls "mini fracking", with ...

The UK government has lifted a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) in England. In his statement, new business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg argued that it was in the national interest for ...

THE UK shale gas sector was this week boosted by the decision of a county council in northern England to approve the hydraulic fracturing of an existing well near the village of Kirby Misperton in ...