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

Fracking entails extracting natural gas and petroleum from subterranean bedrock, and is criticized for using industrial quantities of water to break open rocks as well as causing ...

North Yorkshire Council is minded to reject plans for a fracking scheme near Burniston, outside Scarborough, in a major ...

North Yorkshire Council has rejected plans for a ‘mini fracking’ site in Burniston, prompting campaigners to urge the government to close a loophole in the fracking moratorium. The proposed gas ...

Plans to drill for gas in a North Yorkshire village have been rejected by councillors. Europa Oil & Gas wants to install a ...

Fracking is re-emerging in the UK under new names such as 'proppant squeeze' and 'reservoir stimulation', with reduced fluid volumes and pressures to avoid its legal classification as fracking.

CAMPAIGNERS and politicians have welcomed the refusal of plans for a gas drilling rig near Scarborough, while the company ...

Some members of Cape Breton's aboriginal community say they're afraid a proposed oil exploration project will harm their way of life, but the head of the company planning to do the work says the ...

The company behind plans for a controversial gas drilling rig near Scarborough which was knocked back by councillors last ...

The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Mexico and the U.K. are debating whether to expand or restart domestic fossil fuel ...

A grassroots group is proposing a ballot measure that would make Boulder County one of the state’s few home rule counties.