Sadly not. It was one of the warning signs when fracking was first licenced in the UK. All conventional offshore and onshore hydrocarbon extraction is governed by a specific set of rules covering hea… (View Post)

It is not illogical at all. If an oil company wants to develop a field in the North Sea (or onshore if it is a conventional well) then they have to prove they have sufficient funds in the bank to cov… (View Post)

Except Truss isn't tackling it. Removing the ban on fracking will do sweet bugger all to improve our energy security. Indeed Johnson, for all his other failings, had already done far more by sta… (View Post)

Only those who are utterly ignorant of the growth in renewables in the UK and of the power generation overall could say the Government have not been acting fast enough. Indeed we have acted faster an… (View Post)

Shame that he should be castigated for that particular act amongst others when it was one of the best things he has done. Greatly diminished of course by his eventual support for Boris after May went. (View Post)