A former fracking site in the North Yorkshire village of Kirby Misperton, once a lightning rod for environmental protests, may soon be a new frontier…
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Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, mostly from oil and…
View More Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping pointsFracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active site
Fracking caused an earthquake every day at the UK’s only active site at Preston New Road in Lancashire, analysis has found. Between 2018 and 2019,…
View More Fracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active siteTory-led council votes to demand Truss stick to no fracking pledge
A Conservative-led council in Lancashire has voted unanimously to demand the government stick to its manifesto commitment against fracking, and to demand clarity on what…
View More Tory-led council votes to demand Truss stick to no fracking pledgeUK fracking and oil drilling good for environment, claims climate minister
Fracking and drilling for new oil and gas in the North Sea is green and good for the environment, Liz Truss’s new climate minister said…
View More UK fracking and oil drilling good for environment, claims climate ministerRees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows
Ministers are actively examining ways to evade legal, environmental and public scrutiny of new oil and gas projects including fracking, the Guardian has learned, sparking…
View More Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows‘It sounds like you don’t know’: Liz Truss falters on fracking consent question
Liz Truss has refused to give details of how local consent would be given for fracking in a particular area, amid growing evidence that it…
View More ‘It sounds like you don’t know’: Liz Truss falters on fracking consent questionGreen charities urge millions of members to oppose Tories’ ‘attack on nature’
Environmental charities are mobilising their millions of members to take on the UK government over what they say is an attack on nature in the…
View More Green charities urge millions of members to oppose Tories’ ‘attack on nature’Tory MPs angrily challenge Rees-Mogg’s fracking revival plan
Ministers face a furious backlash from Conservative MPs after overturning a manifesto pledge to pause fracking until it is proved safe, and then indicating drilling…
View More Tory MPs angrily challenge Rees-Mogg’s fracking revival planJacob Rees-Mogg dismisses ‘hysteria’ over fracking as ban ends
Opposition to fracking is based around “hysteria” and the public not understanding the Richter scale for seismic activity, Jacob Rees-Mogg has told MPs, after formally…
View More Jacob Rees-Mogg dismisses ‘hysteria’ over fracking as ban ends