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Shale gas drilling in Blackpool, UK in August 2017

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UK chose to pay back £640,000 to fracking firms after shale gas ban

The UK government imposed a moratorium on shale gas extraction in November 2019, leaving fracking firms that had paid licence fees out of pocket, but the country's oil and gas regulator decided to refund them

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Boston - March 6: People hold a banner reading Stand with Ukraine! Stop buying Russian oil as they take part in a Peace March for Ukraine from Copley Square to Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common in Boston on March 6, 2022. The protests marked the second straight Sunday people have marched through Boston, as Russias invasion of its neighbor entered its 11th day. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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How the war in Ukraine will change the way the world uses energy

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Chernobyl nuclear power plant

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Chernobyl power cut sparks fears of potential for radiation leaks

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A worker walks under pipework in the yard at the Comprehensive Gas Treatment Unit No.3 of the Gazprom PJSC Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field, a resource base for the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, in the Lensk district of the Sakha Republic, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Amid record daily swings of as much as 40% in European gas prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a calculated intervention to cool the market last week by saying Gazprom can boost supplies to help ease shortages. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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EU lays out plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds in 2022

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Keadby 2 gas power station

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Net zero: The UK is building its last big gas power plant

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Physics

Will Russia's attack on a Ukrainian nuclear plant cause a meltdown?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EyePress News/Shutterstock (12818720l) File image of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction. Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022. The undersea pipeline, meant to ferry natural gas directly from Russia to northern Germany, is owned by a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Gazprom. Berlin has previously been reluctant to impose sanctions that would affect Nord Stream 2. But at a press conference Tuesday, Scholz said that the situation today is fundamentally different and therefore, in light of recent events, we must also reassess this situation ... also with regard to Nord Stream 2. Shortly after, the economy ministry announced it was halting the certification process Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - 22 Feb 2022

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Europe rethinks its energy strategy after Russia's attack on Ukraine

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2AK7R1N Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK

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Cost of new UK underground nuclear waste facility jumps to £53 billion

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Sohn/AP/Shutterstock (12817867a) Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Ukraine Nord Stream 2, Lubmin, Germany - 15 Feb 2022

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Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?

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Semi Submersible Oil Rig during Sunrise at Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland; Shutterstock ID 554842060; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Oil giants accused of greenwashing for failure over energy transition

An analysis of BP, Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil finds a mismatch between their rhetoric on low-carbon energy and their actions and spending

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Technology

Fusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

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England’s gas boiler ban for new homes should begin next year, say MPs

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Fix the Planet newsletter: The weird and wonderful rivals to batteries

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UK energy crisis: Why renewable subsidies will help avoid price shocks

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