What’s the future for fracking?
Yesterday's decision by the Obama administration to put a moratorium on drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico further intensifies the current debate about hydraulic fracturing, the process by which...
View ArticleUK government won’t stand in the way of fracking
A hat tip to Nick Grealy of No Hot Air for spotting this one. On Wednesday, the energy minister Greg Barker gave an intriguing glimpse of the UK attitude towards fracking, the gas extraction method...
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Gasland: A review
Last night, Gasland, the film that has stoked an intense debate about the ethics of the shale gas boom in the US, premiered here in the UK. It couldn’t have been better timed – Cuadrilla is due to...
View ArticleShareholders challenge gas companies on fracking
A group of US investors have filed shareholder resolutions with nine oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose plans for managing risks associated with the technology being used to extract gas...
View ArticleGasland nominated for an Oscar
Gasland, the environmental documentary about the effects of shale gas extraction, has been nominated for a "best documentary" Oscar. Continue reading: Gasland nominated for an Oscar
View ArticleYour chance to quiz Josh Fox, director of Gasland
Many thanks for all your questions for James Cameron, vice chairman of Climate Change Capital. His answers will appear on this site on Friday, January 28th. Next week, the person in the hotseat will be...
View ArticleOil industry losing the shale PR battle
As questions about hydraulic fracturing – fracking as it is known in the industry – continue to build, the oil and gas industry is finding investors asking for more transparency as to how companies are...
View ArticleFloating LNG terminals to take public heat off gas production
The technological advances in the oil and gas patch just keep coming. While everyone has been scrambling to catch up with the shale gas revolution, the industry has been working on another potentially...
View ArticleFederal fracking policy would end conflicting state actions
The issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has taken on a life of its own. But with so much misinformation circulating, it is hard for the general public to know whether it is a good thing or a...
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