The U.S. Supreme Court sided with environmentalists and rejected a challenge by the oil industry to reverse an offshore fracking ban in California on June 5. The Environmental Defense Center filed its original lawsuit in 2014 to stop offshore fracking in federal waters, arguing the fracking chemicals could cause environmental issues and kill marine life….
Supreme Court Rejects Oil Industry Challenge to Reverse Offshore Fracking Ban in California
UK Government Urged to Halt Sealing of Fracking Wells Amid Energy Crisis
The UK government has been urged to withdraw its instruction to plug the country’s only shale wells and lift the ban on fracking to alleviate the energy crisis which has been worsened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The government imposed a moratorium on shale gas mining in England in 2019 after two minor earthquakes…
UK Government ‘Open’ to Lifting Fracking Ban to Cut Reliance on Russian Energy
The UK government is “open to the idea of fracking” as long as it is done in a safe and sustainable way, a minister said on Wednesday as the government seeks alternative energy sources to substitute Russian hydrocarbons. The government imposed a moratorium on shale gas mining in England in 2019 after two minor earthquakes…
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