Fracking Arrives in the UK
By Griffin Carpenter, New Economics Foundation
Fracking has finally arrived in the UK, eight years on from Cuadrilla’s approved licence for shale gas exploration in Lancashire.
By Griffin Carpenter, New Economics Foundation
Fracking has finally arrived in the UK, eight years on from Cuadrilla’s approved licence for shale gas exploration in Lancashire.
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Will the Monterey Shale be an energy and economic boon for California? •Recognition in US of impact and cost of climate change •EIA: Tight-oil production pushes up US supply •After shale gas, now for tight oil •Financial questions seen for US shale gas, tight-oil plays •Gas industry rejects US expert warning on fugitive emissions
By Energy Crunch staff, New Economics Foundation
Climate change is back in the headlines in the US and also in the UK.
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
Why has there been such a massive grassroots backlash against fracking? In this chapter, we’ll look at the evidence for fracking’s impacts on water, air, land, and climate. Reader warning: it ain’t pretty.