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Energy crisis - live: Liz Truss issues hundreds of new oil and gas licences despite climate change

It comes as National Grid warns UK faces power cuts this winter

The Independent UK

The Standard View: Winter blackouts or not, Liz Truss must double down on net zero

The Government has acknowledged that blackouts are a possibility this winter, as energy supplies are tested to the limit. While denying it is a likelihood, energy minister Graham Stuart confirmed he was planning for all eventualities.

Evening Standard

Energy crisis - live: Liz Truss refuses to rule out power cuts amid blackout fears

UK to face three-hour long power cuts this winter

The Independent UK

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UK offers new North Sea oil and gas licences despite climate concerns

Greenpeace calls process, which will run until end of June, ‘possibly unlawful’

The Guardian - UK

UK offers new North Sea oil, gas licenses despite opposition

The British government has opened a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas exploration, despite criticism from environmentalists and scientists who say the move undermines the fight against climate change

The Independent UK

Conor Burns suspended from Tory party and sacked as minister over misconduct allegations – as it happened

Liz Truss asks trade minister to leave government with immediate effect as whips confirm suspension

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland facing potential electricity blackouts as grid operator warns of need for fossil fuel alternatives

Grid operator SONI needs to find alternatives to keeping lights on with fossil fuels to meet rising demand

Birmingham Post

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New developer for £250 million hydro energy scheme at former Dumfriesshire opencast mine

Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners will lease the site of the proposed Glenmuckloch scheme near Kirkconnel

Daily Record

Energy crisis – live: Government ‘not nanny-state’, minister says amid blackout fears

UK to face three-hour long power cuts this winter

The Independent UK

EU leaders struggle to bridge gas price cap divide

European Union leaders are meeting in Prague to try to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and Russia’s war on Ukraine fuels the energy crisis

The Independent UK

Despite turbulence in energy markets, India, U.S. determined to transition to clean energy: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said that there is a huge potential of India-U.S. collaboration in the energy sector

The Hindu

BHP proposal to extend Queensland coalmine until 2116 ‘delusional’, activists say

Proposed expansion would cover about 4,000 hectares and involve clearing of habitat for the koala, greater glider and other threatened species

The Guardian - AU

What the papers say – October 7

Most of the front pages splash on a dire warning from the electricity grid operator.

The Independent UK

Rationing people’s energy, or advising them to use less, would be electorally disastrous

Successive prime ministers have failed to invest enough in renewables and our power supply is vulnerable.

Daily Record

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California takes leading edge on climate laws. Others could follow

California has enacted an ambitious package of legislation to aggressively combat the climate crisis — a bold move by the world’s fifth-largest economy that could inspire action in other states.

AAP

Concerns large polluters will pay way out

The Greens say the price for large polluters exceeding emissions caps is too low, with no incentive for them to reduce emissions rather than pay for credits.

Reuters

EU leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, squabble over gas price cap

European Union leaders on Friday agreed to give more financial and military aid to Ukraine, but a full day of talks in Prague's ornate royal castle seemed to bring them no closer to deciding on whether or how to cap gas prices.

Birmingham Post

North Sea oil and gas licensing round opens with 'significant boost to UK energy security' sought

Priority clusters in Southern North Sea identified for quick delivery

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AAP

Hydrogen key to decarbonise ammonia plant

A funding injection from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency will investigate decarbonising a Brisbane ammonia plant using green hydrogen.

The Independent UK

How you can get money for using appliances at off-peak times

Scheme to launch in November after trial by energy supplier saw some customers paid £2 per kilowatt hour

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss 'woefully ill-prepared' for winter blackouts after refusing to act over summer

Critics of the floundering PM have pointed out that whilst other countries have take steps ahead of the winter to prepare for the coming crisis Liz Truss has so far refused to do so

ABC News

Review of $14.5b Inland Rail project to be led by ex-energy boss Kerry Schott

The federal government has hand-picked Australia's former Energy Security Board chair to scrutinise its controversial 1,700km Inland Rail project.

Chronicle Live

Drivers warned that petrol prices will increase again after cut in oil production

The RAC has warned that retailers are likely to pass increased costs on to drivers as the wholesale price of fuel is expected to rise

The Independent UK

Britain could face rolling three-hour blackouts this winter if imports stall

National Grid ‘cautiously confident’ it can keep the lights on

Newcastle Herald

See what the Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project will look like from the shore

The developers of the proposed Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project have announced plans to expand the project's size from 1.4 gigawatts to 1.65 gigawatts.

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