A leading geologist has warned that plans for lower-volume fracking in northern England could cause earthquakes as large and unpredictable as high volume operations.

Bev Reed, with the Buckeye Environmental Network, holds a map showing injection well sites near Marietta in southeast Ohio. Hydraulic fracturing, particularly on public lands, has spurred protests ...

Concerns are growing that the government’s pledge to ‘ban fracking for good’ won’t live up to local communities’ expectations says climate action group Friends of the Earth.