Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leaderUK politics live – latest updatesSenior Conservatives are considering pushing for a lifting of the moratorium on fracking...
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Read MoreShell and Equinor say they will defend Jackdaw and Rosebank plans after Labour withdraws government supportTwo of Europe’s biggest oil companies have vowed to fight two legal cases brought by environmental campaigners...
Read MoreIndustry group says plans for tougher taxes would ‘trigger an accelerated fall’ in output and investmentThe North Sea industry has warned the government not to toughen its windfall tax on oil and gas profits in the...
Read MoreGovernment could be vulnerable to legal action from companies that may have spent millions on their bidsThe Labour government is grappling with a legal dilemma over its plan to impose an immediate ban on new North Sea oil and...
Read MoreCampaigners hail judgment that planning approval bodies must consider full ongoing climate impact The climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects, the supreme...
Read MoreLow-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goalsGlobal investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due...
Read MoreUnite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east ScotlandThe UK’s oil and gas workers risk becoming “the coal miners of our generation,” Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham,...
Read MoreCross-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 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 MoreHackney MP says she feels more vulnerable after Tory donor said looking at her makes you ‘want to hate all black women’Black Britons ‘hurt by Hester attack on Diane Abbott’Biggest Tory donor said looking...
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