Nick Clegg famously mocked the Conservative party’s environmental posturing by saying you could only turn blue into green by adding yellow – but the colours have failed to mix.
Campaign group Greenpeace turns David Cameron’s country home into a fracking site.
Kylie Morris
Williston, North Dakota, is attracting thousands of workers keen to make their millions from fracking. But as the economy is on the up, the town has been hit by a rise in crime, drug use and rape.
Made famous by a high-profile anti-fracking protest camp last year, the Sussex village of Balcombe is now embarking on a renewable energy project that villagers say is promoting community cohesion.
Channel Four News has learned that planning permission to drill into shale was given to a fracking company on land owned by the Queen.
As Channel 4 News reveals permission to drill into shale was given to a fracking company on land owned by the Queen, Andrew Austin, chief executive of iGas, joins Tisha Brown, of Frack Off London.
“Dont sell your soul to the devil” – campaigner and fashion guru Vivienne Westwood to landowners who may lease to fracking firms. Which super-rich Brit’s done just that? Find out at 7
Fracking has sparked protests in Britain, but these look subdued compared with a campaign in Romania by peasant farmers, who are fighting their own government. Jim Wickens and Paraic O’Brien report.
Hundreds of protesters gather in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester to voice their anger over plans for fracking in the area. Channel 4 News charts the protest in tweets.
MP Peter Lilley clashes with anti-fracking protester Vanessa Vine over the harms of fracking and Britain’s fossil fuel habit.
David Cameron issues a warning to the European Union that imposing “burdensome” regulations on shale gas exploration would deter investment and job creation.
Jon Snow
Europe’s collective energy needs are startling, and the only available options terrifying. We are going to abandon most of our sustainable energy targets.
The US Energy Secretary tells C4 News that fracking can be done in an environmentally safe way. Ernest Moniz’s comments come after Cameron called opponents of the controversial technique ‘irrational’.
Gary Gibbon
If you can’t see pound signs in many councillors’ eyes as the PM announces incentives for councils affected by shale gas drilling, then you’re not looking hard enough.
Energy Minister Michael Fallon admits the government does not know how much gas will be generated by fracking as he answers concerns raised by campaigner Sasha Conway.