Conservation Education 28 - Shale Gas and Fracking
There has been a lot of coverage in the news recently about a controversial technique for extracting gas and oil from underground.
Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ is being supported by the government as a means of giving the UK energy security for decades to come. However, many people aren’t happy about fracking and a lot of environmental campaigners believe that no fracking should take place at all. They argue that there are significant environmental downsides to fracking and that renewable energy, such as solar and wind energy should be replacing oil, gas and coal as quickly as possible to limit the impacts of climate change.
Fracking in Lancashire temporarily halted after seismic event
This kind of tremor could not be felt on the surface, but is very close to the Oil and Gas Authority's limit for a 'red alert', whereby a company i...
Fracking permitted in England for first time since 2011
Energy firm Cuadrilla can begin exploratory drilling as soon as tomorrow at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire after an application for an int...
France bans fracking and oil production
The law will prevent new licences being issued for oil and gas extraction in France and its overseas territories and any existing ones will not be ...
New halt to fracking in England
No future fracking projects will be allowed by the government until compelling new evidence is provided that fracking could be safe. Preston N...
No relaxation of fracking regulations
A spokesman said on behalf of the government, “We set these regulations in consultation with industry and we have no plans to review them." Acco...
Scotland bans fracking
The public consultation attracted more than 65,000 responses, with 99% of replies originating from areas targeted by the fracking industry opposed ...
UK fracking gets the green light
Shale gas is found deep in the layers of sedimentary rocks like, generally several kilometres underground. There is an estimated 200 trillion cubi...