Frack-Land

After a campaign championed by the Guardian , the UK research councils have announced a move towards open-access publishing. There's cur...

Update: The judge has delivered sentences of 1 to 2 year conditional discharges and £750 fines: seems reasonable (being not-very-legally-min...

Today is the 3rd day of the trial for the fracking activists who stormed Cuardilla's drilling site in Lancashire, climbing the rig and...

Just quick post this time, but an incident I found worth sharing, mainly for it sheer hilarity. Or at least, it's the kind of thing that...

As an academic, how in tune should we be with the latest developments in technology? I find myself asking this question after reading this a...

This week, shale gas has hit the movies once again. I really need to get on with hiring my own director. Josh Fox, of Gasland fame, has rele...

Really interesting interview with James Lovelock by the Guardian this weekend: Summary here and fuller transcript here For those living...

Despite being behind the curve in not having a shale gas film of my own , it seems I've been strangely prescient in talking about shale ...

With naught but a humble weblog to my name, it appears that I'm well behind the curve when it comes to talking about fracking. This year...

Many readers will remember my post outlining why shale gas is a good thing when it comes to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions . The reason I...