A PR representative from the UK’s only active shale gas producer Cuadrilla – led by Chairman Lord Browne, former CEO of BP – admitted last week that there would be a ‘basically insignificant’ impact on gas prices from domestic shale … Continue reading
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Dr James Hansen: ‘leave unconventionals in the ground’
By Helle Abelvik-Lawson Dr James Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and currently Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, stated during his lecture at the London School of Economics on Thursday … Continue reading
Shell funds shale gas research at Oxford University
Conflict-of-Interest statement: The author was an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, and has signed the letter mentioned in this news article. Today sees the launch of a new partnership between the University of Oxford and Shell. A number of Oxford … Continue reading
UK Budget 2013: Shale Gas Tax Breaks
UK Chancellor George Osborne will introduce generous tax breaks for shale gas exploitation (commonly known as ‘hydraulic fracturing’ or ‘fracking’) and other forms of onshore unconventional gas, to promote investment in the industry. The 2013 UK Budget delivered last week … Continue reading
Fracking Hell? – Britain’s Gas Rush [video]
Dr. Damien Short, Director of both the Human Rights Consortium and the Extreme Energy Initiative (EEI), appears in this Ecologist Film Unit production to speak about Britain’s ‘gas rush’. Across the UK, Britain’s green, picturesque land is facing uncertainty after … Continue reading
