“The government will deliver legislation in due course to end new future onshore licensing in England, while ensuring that a ...

Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site ...

Key information needed for a new planning application for a controversial drilling site in Surrey will be submitted before ...

People are being inviting to give their views on proposals by Egdon Resources to drill for gas on the edge of Foxholes in the Yorkshire Wolds.

Landowners in North Yorkshire who lease sites to oil and gas companies have been warned they could be responsible for the ...

The government failed to respond directly to a parliamentary petition about lower-volume fracking for onshore oil and gas, a ...

Government proposals to relax the planning rules for shale gas sites are due to be discussed for the first time in the chamber of the House of Commons.

The anti-fracking network, Reclaim the Power, is focusing its opposition next week on companies that finance shale gas exploration.

A network of groups opposed to fracking near Formby has called for the scheme to be refused because of concerns about flooding, peat extraction, the green belt, noise, traffic and impacts on wildlife.

Europa’s plan to use a proppant squeeze – a form of fracking – was in the top 10 reasons to object in the public consultation. Two-fifths of objections mentioned fracking or proppant squeeze, while ...