The rise and fall of fracking in Europe

After years of early hype, shale gas companies appear to have lost hope of an energy revolution in most countries in EuropeThis week in the UK, the Labour party announced plans to ban fracking in the UK if elected. Although heavily criticised by one of its biggest union donors, it marks a further shift in attitudes against shale gas in Europe.When the EU’s trade commissioner met Exxon representatives behind closed doors in 2013, his message to the oil men was unambiguous: the US shale revo