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After a year of Reform UK in local government, the cracks are starting to show

Reform UK is expected to expand its foothold in local government in England this week. More than 5,000 seats across 136 councils are being contested, making this one of the largest electoral tests in recent years. It builds on Reform’s breakthrough in 2025, when the party took control of ten…

The Conversation

$Mexico’s president weighs fracking to curb reliance on US natural gas$

Mexico’s president weighs fracking to curb reliance on US natural gas

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits to reduce reliance on foreign energy

The Independent UK

Large natural gas reserves - how domestic gas could make Germany independent

In 2024, 67 per cent of the energy used in Germany had to be imported, according to the Federal Statistical Office. This puts Germany above the EU average of 57 per cent of imported energy. According to experts, Germany could produce domestic gas.

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If fracking begins in the Kimberley, it could damage a sacred river

Under the soils of the Kimberley lies one of the world’s last undeveloped large-scale reservoirs of onshore gas, according to the gas company hoping to extract it.

The Conversation

“A disaster waiting to happen”: How the fracking boom put an oil field in the Guadalupe River floodplain

Lack of a state floodplain policy enabled oil companies to build in parts of Texas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.

The Texas Tribune

'Seriously wrong': activists condemn fracking decision

An environmental watchdog has recommended a Kimberley fracking proposal but conservationists say the decision is flawed and they'll appeal it.

AAP

‘Outrageous’: EPA backs WA fracking project that may add up to 2.6% to Australia’s emissions

State environmental regulator says Valhalla project, set to drill up to 20 gas wells in Canning basin, can proceed subject to conditions

The Guardian - AU

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$US frackers were already facing a global oil supply glut. Trump’s Venezuelan dream could make it worse$

US frackers were already facing a global oil supply glut. Trump’s Venezuelan dream could make it worse

Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years

The Guardian - US

This ‘Pick and Shovel’ Oil and Gas Stock Just Hit New 3-Year Highs

Smart Sand (SND) is a leading producer of northern white fracking sand, benefiting from strong demand in the oil and gas sector. SND has demonstrated exceptional technical momentum and is up 65% over the past year. The stock has a 100% “Buy” technical opinion from Barchart. Shares are trading at...

Barchart

$Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses ‘major risk’ to NT water supply$

Fear Santos gas plan may start fracking rush that poses ‘major risk’ to NT water supply

Fossil fuel company plans to expand exploration in Beetaloo basin

The Guardian - AU

$Struggling frackers lean in on powering data centers to grab a slice of the AI pie amid crude oil slump$

Struggling frackers lean in on powering data centers to grab a slice of the AI pie amid crude oil slump

The CEO of the U.S. energy secretary’s fracking company said Trump’s tariffs are getting in the way of U.S. energy and AI dominance.

Fortune

Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains

One of the prohibited substances can cause cancer; new state law forced operators to identify chemicals.

Capital & Main

$Mapped: The areas threatened by Reform’s controversial pro-fracking agenda revealed$

Mapped: The areas threatened by Reform’s controversial pro-fracking agenda revealed

New analysis identifies parliamentary areas that could be vulnerable to development for fracking if Nigel Farage’s party were to get into government

The Independent UK

Labour Declares War on Fracking—Will This Law Rewrite Britain's Energy Future?

Labour's Ed Miliband has pledged to introduce legislation banning fracking permanently in the UK, sparking applause from environmentalists and fierce debate over Britain's energy future.

International Business Times UK

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The Guardian - UK

Will Labour’s fracking ban end practice in the UK for good?

Ed Miliband’s move to bring forward ban is gambit to stop would-be Reform voters from backing Nigel Farage’s pro-fracking party

The Guardian - UK

UK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour counters Reform promise

Ed Miliband announces government will speed up plans to ban controversial practice supported by Nigel Farage

Evening Standard

Miliband vows to permanently ban ‘dangerous and deeply harmful’ fracking

The Energy Secretary used the announcement to attack Reform UK, which has called for more extraction of oil and gas.

The Conversation

Why you don’t have to block roads or glue yourself to buildings to be a climate activist

“Get a job!” shouted yet another driver going past me in the sweeping rain outside Preston New Road fracking site, on another bitingly cold winters day. Recipients of these outbursts were mostly retirees like the Nanas of Lancashire (a group of women from the northern shire of England who had…

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Axios

Trump's point man on energy calls offshore wind disruption a unique case

The former fracking exec offered a peek into his upcoming moves and current thinking in a chat with Axios.

Fortune

Founded by Trump's energy secretary, Liberty Energy aims to lead the AI-driven fracking future

The future of the autonomous, AI-powered oilfield is becoming a reality

Fortune

The roughneck is slowly disappearing from the oilfield as AI and automation take over

Many thousands of energy jobs are shed amid lower oil prices, efficiency gains, consolidation, and the advent of autonomous AI drilling and fracking operations.

The Guardian - UK

‘Drill baby, drill’: Reform UK zero in on Ed Miliband’s climate policies

From fracking to North Sea drilling, party’s leaders and members give climate solutions the cold shoulder at conference

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows

Exclusive: Policy lacks support in areas where drilling could start – many of which have Reform MPs or are target seats

Fortune

U.S. shale oil boom transforms from money treadmill into cash cow, Chevron president says

Chevron slows down in the booming Permian as it looks to international growth.

Capital & Main

The Oil Wells Near the Denver Suburbs Worried Her. The Health Risk Alarmed Her Even More.

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

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