Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There have been discussions around fracking in the U.K. for years, with the government going back and forth on whether to support ...

Council planners who have backed plans for lower-volume fracking in North Yorkshire have been warned they risk opening a “can ...

The earthquakes that rattled Blackpool, England, in April and May wouldn’t have attracted much notice in California. The strongest rated a mere 2.3 in magnitude. But their possible connection to ...

Trapped in underground rocks, a potential energy resource has eluded generations of British politicians. It's called shale gas and the method of getting it out of the ground, known as fracking, has ...

The controversial process of "fracking" will be halted in England due to the risks of triggering earthquakes when trying to tap shale gas reserves, the British government announced Saturday. The ...

The head of one of Britain's biggest fracking companies said fracking will not work in the UK due to 'challenging geology' and will not bring down energy prices. If the head of a fracking company can ...