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 ...

The UK government has said it is reviewing low volume fracking operations in the onshore oil and gas industry.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband promised to ban the controversial practice and send “frackers packing.” The U.K. government wants to legislate for a total ban on fracking in a bid to draw out battle ...

Britain's Labour government plans to permanently ban fracking, a highly controversial method of extracting fossil fuels, due its environmental impact, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said Wednesday.

Europa Oil & Gas Limited has been making headlines since it announced controversial plans a year ago for gas drilling and ...

Reform UK in Lancashire says it believes any future fracking activity in the UK will be focused hundreds of miles away on the other side of the country – and that local conditions are “not conducive” ...

With the M65 corridor identified by government surveys as “particularly rich in shale gas”, Burnley remains a prime target for fracking companies should the current UK moratorium be lifted. Local ...

The UK government will introduce a complete ban on fracking, putting an end to the controversial practice that has been on hold since 2019, UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said on Wednesday. "Fracking ...

The UK's GMB trade union has called on the government to hold “urgent and meaningful discussion” on the development of fracking in the country after a new shale gas site was given the go-ahead. GMB, ...

This former fracking site in northwest Lancashire run by energy firm Cuadrilla Resources to extract shale gas from deep underground rock was pictured in 2018, but has ...