Fracking: the simple test for whether it should happen in the UK

Fracking in the UK has a difficult history – economic theory suggests that whether fracking should occur is a simple case of consent and compensation.

Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University • conversation
Oct. 4, 2022 • ~6 min

Fracking: if Liz Truss wants a major shale gas industry, she is 280 million years late

Britain was once sat on huge gas reserves, but most of it leaked away long ago.

Stuart Haszeldine, Professor of Geology, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~6 min

Routine gas flaring is wasteful, polluting and undermeasured

Flaring, or burning, waste gas from energy production has sharply increased over the past decade. It wastes usable fuel, pollutes the air, and helps drive climate change.

Gunnar W. Schade, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University • conversation
July 29, 2020 • ~9 min

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