Fracking
News and analysis from the Guardian on drilling for shale and coal seam gas using the technique known as hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'
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UK public support for fracking falls to lowest levelJust 17% of people surveyed back the process, the lowest level since the government survey started tracking public attitudes about shale gas
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Quality of life v the push for fracking and airport expansionLetters: The very promise of payment for householders threatened by fracking constitutes a bribe, which is both wrong in principle and an exploitable precedent for antisocial actions
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There are oilfields in the South Downs tooLetters: Oil is being extracted from several small fields, including one in the middle of the national park
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In their clamour for shale gas, ministers forgot the climate agreementLetters: Given the rapid phase-out of the UK’s existing coal power stations, shale gas will not be produced at sufficient scale and in the necessary timeframe for it to be a substitute for coal
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James Lovelock: ‘Before the end of this century, robots will have taken over’Fracking is great, the green movement is a religion, his dire predictions about climate change were nonsense – and robots don’t mind the heat, so what does it matter anyway? At 97, the creator of Gaia theory is as mischievous and subversive as ever
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Commonwealth Bank: coal seam gas makes property 'unacceptable' as loan securityBank turns down owners’ application for $500,000 bridging loan on grounds that Queensland property has four coal seam gas wells on it
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The rise and fall of fracking in EuropeAfter years of early hype, shale gas companies appear to have lost hope of an energy revolution in most countries in Europe
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Fracking is a lousy way to create jobsLetters: If you want to deliver skilled jobs in an environmentally safe manner, look no further than investment in housing retrofit to deliver massive energy savings
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Wind trumps gas: shale tanker unable to dock in Scotland due to weatherAfter days expensively moored awaiting party in its honour, Ineos ship carrying shale gas from US fails to make entrance
Fracking to go ahead in North Yorkshire after high court ruling