Anti-fracking activists are effective but it’s the frackers who are the real “powerful lobby”
Fracking companies pay Westminster insiders to lobby for them
Fracking companies pay Westminster insiders to lobby for them
Public interest is at risk when successive officials and elected representatives leave the corridors of power to join the fossil fuel lobby. Molly Scott Cato writes.
Two decisive defeats in the past week alone have put oil and gas companies on the back foot.
It’s too late for natural gas and shale gas to replace more polluting coal and oil — we need renewables now.
In 2013 more people backed than opposed the controversial energy source. But in the face of growing protests, public opinion has turned.
This Monday councillors will decide whether to accept or reject fracking in the county
Despite a large amount of opposition from their own supporters, the Tories are the only party with no candidates signed up to Greenpeace’s fracking pledge
The new energy minister calls shale “the holy grail” of energy policy. He’s probably right. It’s a mythical object that no-one’s found, and over time just has increasing comedy-value.
By Hannah Martin and Graham Thompson from No Dash For Gas This week in Sussex, we’ve been reclaiming the power. At our six-day camp, we’ve shared skills, discussed complex environmental and social issues and crucially, taken direct action by shuttingtest
Guy Shrubsole shows the Spectator how to do real environmental journalism. Hint: It’s not the way they do it.