Cross-party group of 50 calls on prime minister to appoint climate envoy and back Beyond Oil and Gas AllianceA cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged Rishi Sunak to make a U-turn on his oil and gas extraction plans as part...
Read MoreExclusive: decision to grant licences condemned by critics as a stunt that shows Tories are ‘playing politics with climate’Fossil fuel companies will be allowed to explore for oil and gas under offshore wind-power...
Read MoreIncrease of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closuresThe world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to...
Read MoreGreen MP Caroline Lucas says call for investment in gas-fired power plants is election ploy that will jeopardise UK’s net zero targetGreen MP Caroline Lucas has accused the government of stoking a culture war on climate...
Read MoreCritics of changes to the electricity market say they over-rely on fossil fuels and won’t cut CO2 emissions quickly enoughRishi Sunak’s plan to encourage investment in a string of new gas plants to power the country...
Read MoreMichael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will notPreviously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new...
Read MoreBritain joins France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in withdrawing from charter it says ‘penalises’ shift to net zeroThe UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their...
Read MoreSubsidiary of EnQuest, which was fined in 2022 for illegal gas flaring, awarded one of 24 new drilling licencesAn oil and gas company owned by a major Tory donor, which has been fined for illegal flaring, has been awarded a...
Read MoreFormer Cop26 president abstains from vote saying bill breaks UK’s promise to phase out fossil fuelsAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill going through the Commons will not cut household energy costs...
Read MoreFormer Cop26 president criticises the government’s push to ‘max out’ the North SeaAlok Sharma has said the government’s oil and gas bill will not cut household energy costs or create jobs and instead...
Read MoreComparing actual economic growth across UK cities with pre-2010 trends shows Aberdeen £45,000 poorer, with Burnley next at £28,000People in Aberdeen are a total of £45,000 worse off since 2010 after suffering...
Read MoreDithering on renewable energy and insulation will leave people in Britain ‘colder and poorer’, campaigners warnRishi Sunak is facing further attacks on his plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the North Sea...
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