Never mind earthquakes – a top geologist has told reporters at a scientific briefing held by DECC it’s actually climate change which should be the issue that decides the fracking debate. The briefing is part of an effort from the DECC to demystify the process of shale gas extraction after a month of attention-grabbing anti-fracking […]

Protestors chained themselves to a site in Chesterfield in the early hours of the morning in protest against the controversial hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ process used to extract shale gas. Twenty members of the group Frack Off targeted a site owned by PR Marriott, a contractor for shale gas firm Cuadrilla Resources which is drilling […]

The ‘fracking’ process which extracts shale gas from shale rock is unfairly criticised for environmental damage and gets unbalanced coverage in the media. That’s according to a group of Texas-based university researchers in a report released yesterday. Campaigners have been highly critical of the process, suggesting it is an untested method with an unknown environmental […]

The American legal profession is to hold a conference on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’; the controversial drilling technique of releasing gas from shale rock. Taking place in December in Dallas, experts from the legal profession will discuss topics relating to the fracking process such as the role of government; health and environmental […]