The Local Denmark https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Total returns second Danish shale gas licence French energy group Total has returned the second of two shale gas licences to Denmark after disappointing test drilling results, the Danish government said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160602/total-returns-second-danish-shale-gas-licence Thu, 02 Jun 2016 02:40:58 +0200 total-returns-second-danish-shale-gas-licence Denmark's first potential fracking project dropped French gas giant Total is pulling out of its controversial shale gas exploration project in northern Denmark after failing to find sufficient deposits. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150818/denmarks-first-potential-fracking-project-dropped Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:36:31 +0200 denmarks-first-potential-fracking-project-dropped Total drops shale gas project in Denmark The French gas giant Total is giving up on one of its two shale gas exploration projects in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150522/total-drops-shale-gas-project-in-denmark Fri, 22 May 2015 10:12:04 +0200 total-drops-shale-gas-project-in-denmark Denmark to allow Total to reopen fracking site The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) is prepared to let French gas giant continue its controversial shale gas exploration in nothern Jutland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150513/denmark-to-allow-total-to-resume-fracking-project Wed, 13 May 2015 11:49:52 +0200 denmark-to-allow-total-to-resume-fracking-project First Danish fracking site shut down by authorities UPDATED: Total's shale gas exploration in northern Denmark has been stopped over the use of a non-approved chemical. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150506/first-danish-fracking-site-shut-down-by-authorities Wed, 06 May 2015 11:37:00 +0200 first-danish-fracking-site-shut-down-by-authorities Greenpeace targets Danish fracking site Supporters of the environmental organization Greenpeace scaled the boring machine at the site of Denmark’s first ever shale gas exploration site on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150413/greenpeace-activists-denmark-fracking-protest Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:39:59 +0200 greenpeace-activists-denmark-fracking-protest Fracking protesters to camp at exploration site Denmark's first shale gas exploration site may also be home to a village of local and international protesters. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140710/shale-gas-protesters-to-camp-at-exploration-site Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:08:00 +0200 shale-gas-protesters-to-camp-at-exploration-site