Shale gas and fracking
News and analysis from the Guardian on drilling for shale gas using the technique known as hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'
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'Frack Master' says UK shale gas market threatened by scaremongering
15 Dec 2013: US energy chief says fracking industry has failed to put forward positive argument about UK shale gas drilling
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16 Dec 2013:
17 metre-long wind turbine blade put in place outside IGas oil drilling site at Barton Moss
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15 Dec 2013: US energy chief says fracking industry has failed to put forward positive argument about UK shale gas drilling
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14 Dec 2013:
Nausea, headaches and nosebleeds, constant drilling, slumping property prices – welcome to Ponder, Texas. Suzanne Goldenberg reports
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13 Dec 2013: Scuffles break out at IGas Barton Moss site as application is made for new well in South Downs national park
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11 Dec 2013: Minister rejects proposal to amend regulations to make companies sign a bond to pay for potential pollution incidents
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5 Dec 2013:
Hugh Muir: Security-anxious MPs can find her in the agency's own recruitment material
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5 Dec 2013: Savings come from green levies being lifted off the power companies rather than raising income tax, chancellor says, as he confirms plans to cut taxes on fracking companies
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5 Dec 2013: Villagers compalin of police brutality after being forced out of their camping site in village fields targeted for shale gas drilling
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3 Dec 2013:
As development attention shifts from oil and towards shale gas, firms are seeking biofuel alternatives to a key component of tyres
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29 Nov 2013:
Statement contradicts David Cameron and George Osborne's claims that shale gas could help curb soaring energy bills
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27 Nov 2013: Three men and a woman held by police among several dozen anti-fracking protesters attempting to stop delivery of drill
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27 Nov 2013:
Quantities required for the fracking process may make it problematic in areas of the UK where resources are scarce
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20 Nov 2013: Marcin Korolec dismissed by prime minister Donald Tusk in reshuffle but will continue chairing UN climate negotiations in Warsaw
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12 Nov 2013:
America's shale gas boom allows it to offer low energy prices to power-intensive industries as cost climbs in Europe
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7 Nov 2013:
Argentine embassy campaigns to deter British-based energy companies, with legal action being ramped up against drillers
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