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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.

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evening Standard

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…

The Conversation

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.

Axios

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

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

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.

‘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

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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

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.

Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company

Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales

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Morning Mail: Iran hits US base, leaked files reveal fracking influence claims, call for teenage YouTube ban

Tehran hails ‘success’ but US dismisses attack on Qatar air base as ‘symbolic’; Guardian Australia investigation reveals role of consulting company in Northern Territory

How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

AAP

Fracking company hits out at 'failed' legal challenges

A bid to stop a key fracking project has been dismissed as another "failed" attempt to deny economic and social benefits to a long-overlooked community.