Sunak’s decision was welcomed by environmental groups who described it as a “victory for common sense”, but supporters of fracking said it would make the UK more dependent on gas imports. Truss ...

It’s been more than a decade since oil and gas drillers came to Balcombe, a village of fewer than 2,000 people in London’s affluent southern commuter belt. The only remaining evidence of their ...

LONDON—A mining company has halted drilling for shale gas in England after scientists said two small earthquakes might be linked to the controversial process, known as “fracking.” The ...

The Reform UK mayor of Greater Lincolnshire has said her party will frack a shale gasfield near Gainsborough if it wins the ...

The Conservative government suspended fracking in November 2019 after a series of tremors were recorded at the U.K.’s only shale wells near Blackpool in northwest England. The Department for Business, ...

He told the Commons the Tories would have to explain their “charter for earthquakes” to voters in fracking areas. “We will hang this broken promise round their necks in every part of the country ...

The British government on Wednesday won a vote in parliament on fracking it had earlier told Conservative lawmakers it was treating as a confidence vote. Members of parliament voted by 326 to 230 ...

Chemicals and energy giant Ineos has offered to drill a shale gas test site in the UK to demonstrate that fracking can be done safely, as the country wrestles with high energy prices.