Yesterday, Britain’s fledgling shale gas industry was dealt another significant blow when three senior judges overturned a draconian injunction that had been granted to the company, INEOS, against anti-fracking campaigners.
One of Britain’s elite cycling teams, which has won an impressive eight Grand Tours, has just announced that its new sponsor will be the UK’s richest man, petrochemical and fracking boss, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The cyclists, currently known as Team Sky, will be renamed Team Ineos, after Ratcliffe’s chemical and fracking company.
One of Britain’s elite cycling teams, which has won an impressive eight Grand Tours, has just announced that its new sponsor will be the UK’s richest man, petrochemical and fracking boss, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The cyclists, currently known as Team Sky, will be renamed Team Ineos, after Ratcliffe’s chemical and fracking company.
The UK’s fledgling fracking industry was dealt another significant nail in its coffin today, when the High Court ruled that the current guidance from the Government on shale gas is “unlawful”.
The UK’s fledgling fracking industry was dealt another significant nail in its coffin today, when the High Court ruled that the current guidance from the Government on shale gas is “unlawful”.
A contradiction is unfolding inside the party as it pushes for a Green New Deal, writes Steve Horn. By Steve Horn The Real News Network The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has hired a former fracking lobbyist to lead…Read more →
There is no greater failure than the failure to respond to this ecological crisis. We need a wartime-speed mobilization and a just transition to race to zero greenhouse gas emission and to take carbon out of the atmosphere in order to restore a safe climate. We are called to heroism in this hour of grave consequences. We still have an opportunity to fight for all humanity and all life on Earth to avert the worst of the disaster as it is still technically and economically possible.
The prospects for the shale industry in Europe are looking increasingly bleak this year as it haemorrhages investor cash, continues to experience widespread community resistance, especially in Europe, and fails to find adequate gas reserves.
The prospects for the shale industry in Europe are looking increasingly bleak this year as it haemorrhages investor cash, continues to experience widespread community resistance, especially in Europe, and fails to find adequate gas reserves.
After a month of tranquillity, fracking has resumed at the Preston New Road site near Blackpool triggering the biggest tremor to date.
There have been 12 tremors over a four-day period, including the biggest so far – the 1.5 magnitude quake.
