The US has the world's largest fracking industry. (Getty) The government has ordered a new review into the controversial process of fracking, as the debate over UK energy supplies intensifies. There ...

The Government has lifted the moratorium on fracking in a controversial move to stimulate more domestic gas supplies. More properly known as hydraulic fracturing, fracking is a process by which liquid ...

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The expanding controversy over natural-gas fracking is beginning to look a lot like the campaign against the oil sands. This time, however, the oil-and-gas sector seems to be learning from its ...

Ezra Levant is not your typical revolutionary. A self-described pundit on Sun TV and the bestselling author of Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, Levant has carved out a controversial niche ...

In ever greater numbers, New Brunswickers are speaking out against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the exploitation of the densely packed unconventional gas sitting below ground. Until now, ...

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It doesn’t take long for Ezra Levant’s penchant for rapid-fire name-calling to shine through in an interview. To be fair, it’s not as if it comes out of the blue. The Calgary-raised lawyer, right-wing ...

More properly known as hydraulic fracturing, fracking is a process by which liquid is pumped deep underground at high pressure to fracture shale rock and release gas or oil trapped within it.

The government says it plans to pass legislation to permanently ban fracking for shale gas in England. A moratorium on the practice was put in place by the last government but the debate has been ...