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Mr Fallon's comments came as exploratory drilling began at a site in Balcombe, West Sussex, despite anti-fracking protests by local people and activists from across the UK.

Minister Michael Fallon in alleged fracking 'shakes' jokes

A government minister with responsibility for fracking suggested in a private meeting that the innovative gas drilling process could cause houses' walls to shake, it is reported.

Oliver Cromwell during the third English civil war. A study has found that a warmer world will cause more inter-group conflict and civil wars

Fewer resources, greater stress, more disasters: Climate change linked to violence among people and societies

Review of 61 accounts concludes that personal disputes and wider civil conflicts increase significantly with weather changes

The low-lying coral atolls that make up the Marshall Islands are at risk from climate change

Act now or rising seas will sink our country, Marshall Islanders tell the world

Senior minister from the collection of low-lying coral atolls in the north Pacific says the end of this century will spell 'the end of my country and many others like it'

The cost of funding renewable energy schemes is being passed on to even the poorest households

'Perverse' environmental charges on even the poorest families could see energy bills go up by a third

The cost of meeting the Government's climate change commitments means all households can expect big price increases, MPs said

A runaway greenhouse Armageddon in which the oceans boil dry could theoretically happen on Earth, researchers claim. The good news is that human activity on its own will probably not be enough to trigger such an end-of-the-world scenario in the near future

Global-warming Armageddon? It may be more likely than you thought

Calculations from Canadian and US scientists show runaway greenhouse effect is realistic possibility

MPs call for clarity in energy market and more action from Ofgem

Trust in the energy market is being undermined by a lack of transparency about how companies make their profits, MPs have warned.

MI5 needs a new head of health and safety, but for potential applicants who've spied the job vacancy on its website, there are a few drawbacks

MI5 needs a health and safety chief (but you didn't hear it from us)

British intelligence service advertises post, but warns 'we can't tell you much about the job. We can't give exact locations'

David Cameron riding on a sled in Svalbard, Norway, in 2006, during a visit to study climate change

David Cameron urged to restore green credentials with return to Arctic

An influential cross-party group of MPs has challenged David Cameron to return to the Arctic, accusing his government of being dangerously complacent about oil exploration in the region.

Laura Trott of Great Britain on her way to winning a gold medal during the Women's Omnium

Can they wheelie do it? Radio 5 Live aim to run on power generated by Team GB cyclists

The radio station will be powered entirely by bicycles and biofuel for Energy Day in September

Methane gas can dramatically change the global climate

There are large uncertainties in the $60tn figure

A Cuadrilla shale fracking facility in Preston, Lancs

The pursuit of shale gas is another example of the Coalition's betrayal of the environment

Total emissions have fallen in the UK, but not for the right reason

Huge amounts of heat are being continuously absorbed by the deep ocean

Has global warming stopped? No - it’s just on pause, insist scientists, and it's down to the oceans

Temperatures still expected to reach predicted 2015 levels with only a five-year delay after 12 of the 14 hottest years on record

Don't neglect the importance of the humanities

Britain is at a crossroads. It needs the radical and thought-through responses which expertise from humanities and social science can provide

CIA backs $630,000 study into how to control global weather through geoengineering

Study part-funded by the CIA to investigate national security implications of geoengineering

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