Sinn Féin MLA Áine Murphy also welcomed the Executive's approval of the legislation. The Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA who introduced a bill to ban fracking in the last mandate, said this was "a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour remains committed to its manifesto pledge of a total ban on fracking - Danny Lawson/PA Ed ...

Exclusive: Documents show Andrea Jenkyns asked how she could help firm after major gas find in Lincolnshire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fracking site at Preston New Road near Blackpool, which must now fill its well with cement - Cuadrilla/PA Britain’s last ...

LONDON (AP) — 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.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK thinks there’s hundreds of billions of pounds’ worth of shale gas ripe for exploiting. But is it ready for the fracking backlash? LONDON — Fracking is back. Three years after ...

Following Lord Howell’s comments on fracking in the “desolate” north east, David Cameron insists the whole of the country should accept the controversial form of gas production. The prime minister ...

LONDON (Reuters) - UK shale gas firm Cuadrilla Resources on Wednesday said exploration work triggered small tremors at its drill site near Blackpool in northwest England earlier this year, as ...

Campaign group Talk Fracking argued that the government had not considered the latest scientific evidence when formulating its policy. Ministers have been advising councils that gas from fracking in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - 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 ...

Fracking was banned over environmental risks, but Andrea Jenkyns wants to bring the practice back in Lincolnshire ...