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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Meissner/AP/Shutterstock (12872560a) Wind turbines produce power during sundown in Emlichheim, Germany, . The head of the International Renewable Energy Agency says

Europe must tackle its energy crisis now or face a very painful winter

30 March 2022

With energy prices set to rise, European governments must act immediately to reduce consumption and turbocharge renewables
Shale gas drilling in Blackpool, UK in August 2017

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

25 March 2022

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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