Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour remains committed to its manifesto pledge of a total ban on fracking - Danny Lawson/PA Ed ...

It was a battle environmentalists thought they had won years ago. But fracking – the controversial technology for extracting ...

Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

Two campaign groups have urged councillors to block fracking plans later this week for the village of Burniston in North ...

The Reform-led Lancashire County Council has refused to call on the government to permanently ban fracking. It comes after they were asked to back a ban in a motion put forward by the Labour group ...

The UK government said on Thursday it will lift a moratorium on shale gas exploration in England as the nation looks to bolster its energy security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ...

The UK government has commissioned a study into the feasibility of shale gas extraction in the country — less than three years after imposing a ban on hydraulic fracturing operations. The government ...

Plans for a "mini fracking" site in Burniston near Scarborough have been rejected by North Yorkshire Council following local ...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband promised to ban the controversial practice and send “frackers packing.” The U.K. government wants to legislate for a total ban on fracking in a bid to draw out battle ...