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Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

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Frack on or frack off: Can shale gas save the planet?

Optimists see the new resource as a cheap, clean "bridging fuel" to a low-carbon future. The true picture might not be so simple, says Michael Brooks

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The fracking debate needs more light, less heat

Opinion

Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

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Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot

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Look to the past for the fuel of the future

Opinion

Grab ammonia out of thin air for fuel of the future

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Grab ammonia out of thin air for fuel of the future

Analysis

Crude-oil spill blights idyllic Thai island

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Crude-oil spill blights idyllic Thai island

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Out-of-control oil leaks at Canadian tar sands site

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Out-of-control oil leaks at Canadian tar sands site

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Deforestation in Congo basin slows, but for how long?

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Thirsty clean energy may add to water stressed world

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Thirsty clean energy may add to water stressed world

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Art installation brings you face to face with fracking

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Art installation brings you face to face with fracking

Not sure what to make of fracking? You can at least taste its effects at a miniature fracking rig drilling into a gallery floor in Liverpool, UK

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Why storm winds turned wind turbine into a fireball

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Fatal train wreck fuels debate over oil transport

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Rise of renewables starts climate-change fightback

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What does the rise of green power mean for you?

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