Labour plans to introduce a “total ban” on fracking this autumn, replacing the current moratorium with permanent legislation. Experts say the U.K.’s complex geology makes large-scale fracking unviable ...

Fracking for UK onshore oil and gas hit the headlines again during 2025. The year opened with the announcement by Europa Oil & Gas that it expected to submit imminent plans for proppant squeeze, a ...

Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF): A public consultation on revisions to the NPPF closes on 10 March 2026. A ...

City MP Stephen Morgan has welcomed the Labour Government’s decision to speed up its move to ban fracking once and for all.

A coastal anti-fracking group’s petition to change the law has gathered more than 6,000 signatures but is still far short of ...