UK fracking firm applies for licence in North Yorkshire

A small energy company has become the second firm to apply for a licence to frack for gas in Britain, submitting an application for a site in the Vale of Pickering in Yorkshire.

Government must resist new 'dash for gas', advisers say

The government needs to multiply investment in clean energy four-fold to avoid breaking laws on renewables and climate change, official advisers say.

Global oil production trouble - it's not just Iran

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- All the attention may be on a loss of oil from Iran these days, but production outages in a variety of spots worldwide is causing about one million barrels of oil a day to sit on the sidelines, helping push oil and gas prices to near record highs.