Ben Lucas

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Ben Lucas is currently pursuing an Investigative Journalism Masterโ€™s degree at the City University of London. He has a particular interest in UK and international politics, economics and environmentalย issues.

onNov 19, 2015 @ 12:32 PST

Fossil fuel companies should be โ€œkicked outโ€ of the climate negotiations in Paris at the end of this month, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has told the House ofย Commons. Her comments were made durin...
onNov 12, 2015 @ 02:11 PST

The government has been found to be offering some of the largest subsidies to the fossil fuel industry out of all the G20 nations, according to a newย report.ย  The study estimated that the UK has pr...
onOct 30, 2015 @ 02:03 PDT

It is now four months since Lancashire County Council announced its shock decision to block two planning applications from Cuadrilla to carry out fracking in Lancashire. But the end is still not in...
onOct 8, 2015 @ 03:57 PDT

The European Commissionโ€™s (EC) guidelines on fracking are being criticised as weak and vague, and have been found to be widely ignored by EU member states, according to a report publishedย today. Th...
onOct 2, 2015 @ 01:39 PDT

Local councils across the UK have invested more than ยฃ53 million in companies directly involved with the dash for onshore oil and gas throughย their pension funds,ย DeSmog UK canย reveal. A total of ยฃ...
onSep 11, 2015 @ 00:00 PDT

Anti-Fracking campaigners have welcomed a local councilโ€™s decision to approve the development of a solar farm just across the road from where Cuadrilla has spent years trying to get permission to c...
onAug 20, 2015 @ 00:00 PDT

Lancashire anti-fracking campaigners are concerned that fracking could still go ahead in Lancashire because the County Council approved a part of Cuadrillaโ€™s two planningย applications. Cuadrilla wa...
onAug 7, 2015 @ 00:01 PDT

The Labour Party's stance on fracking has never been black and white, which makes the next party leader's view on the topic fairlyย important.ย  In February, the Labour Party abstained from a vote on...
onJul 31, 2015 @ 00:01 PDT

Edelman PRโ€™s credibility continues to wane as two separate petitions highlight the companyโ€™s ongoing support for the fossil fuel industry โ€“ in particular, its relationship as secretariat to the Tas...
onJul 17, 2015 @ 00:01 PDT

Yorkshire county has become the new focal point of the UK fracking debate after Cuadrillaโ€™s planning applications in Lancashire were defeated over two weeksย ago. Third Energyโ€™s application to hydra...