Approving Rosebank would sink Sunak’s green credentials
Criticism of the government’s approach to climate change is growing.
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Just stop the need for Just Stop Oil, says climate adviser
A scathing report from the independent Climate Change Committee has condemned government’s slow progress.
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Fear and loathing in Armenia
The prospect of losing the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan has Armenians bracing for another humanitarian catastrophe.
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Meet the oil and gas worker hoping for a just transition
We are not going to become the coal miners of net zero, says Cliff Bowen.
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Will Keir Starmer’s green energy plan threaten Labour’s Scottish recovery?
The Labour leader’s planned ban on North Sea oil and gas licences could alienate more voters than it attracts.
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Why Rishi Sunak is complicit in Shell’s “greenwashed” mega-profits
The prime minister says he “understands” people’s anger, but his tax loopholes and lack of a green investment plan suggest…
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Not Zero: Meet the world’s aspiring new oil nations
Rainforest states and other green parts of the world are seeking to fund development with fossil fuels, but is it…
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Importing US gas is hypocritical – but not in the way pro-frackers think
The world is on course to produce far more gas than is safe.
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Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding
The world’s oil and gas companies have invested $160bn into exploration from 2020-22.
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Politicians fixated on growth have led Britain into chaos
Leaders must accept that the old economic regime is over, or face further disgrace.
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UK gas reserves are 96 per cent lower than in Germany right now
A lack of gas storage capacity and the refusal by the government to limit demand increases the risk of blackouts…
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Fracking and oil drilling doesn’t just fail Britain, it fails the world
Liz Truss’s energy policy will send the UK’s climate leadership up in smoke.
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The EU’s energy crisis is emboldening the European far right
Six months into the Ukraine war, the shock that temporarily banished pro-Russian views from European politics is wearing off.
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Big Oil v the World: an unmissable series about climate change and corruption
This is the kind of journalism that has you lying wide awake at 3am, your thoughts doom-spiralling like a fairground…
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North Sea oil workers plan more strikes as pay lags behind booming profits
Rig crews want less precarious contracts, pay that reflects inflation and help with the switch to the renewables industry.
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