The Latest Breaking News from Fracking

The Foreign Secretary has offered strong indications that she would lift the ban on fracking if she becomes PM next week.

A company has revealed plans to mine sand in the Northern Territory. It is also exploring for silica sand, which it says could be sold to Asian countries for solar panel production.

South Africa is extremely water scarce, and water supply will become more challenging in the future. The population and economy are growing, increasing demand. Rainfall is variable and more extreme and prolonged droughts are expected because of climate change. More than 80% of South Africa’s available surface water resources are…

A PROMINENT supporter of Liz Truss has called on the next prime minister to stop focusing on offshore windfarms and pour money into fracking…

'We never had cancer or anything like that before and in one year we had over 13 people diagnosed with cancer... all within a mile of my house'

Almost 12 months after the Queensland government quietly granted oil and gas leases in the environmentally sensitive Channel Country, there are calls for the outcome of stakeholder meetings to be made public.

'Ireland rightly banned fracking because of the environmental and public health impacts and should reject this terminal for those very same reasons'

PITTSBURGH — On the evening of July 19, when Allegheny County Council met to override Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of a fracking ban in county parks, council members were shown a black-and-white video of natural gas rushing from a well in Boyce Park.

The outcome of a Senate inquiry into a Northern Territory gas field is uncertain following months-long delays and the commencement of a new federal parliament.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that the state has reached a settlement with the federal government to halt new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California until the potential risks to public health and the environment are adequately assessed.

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets.