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The Latest Breaking News on Starmer: Energy sector backs transition from oil but wants help with challenges

UK offshore wind auction fails to attract investors in blow to net zero

No companies have bid for the UK’s latest round of offshore wind farms in a step seen as a serious setback for the Government’s climate change ambitions, after months of warnings from industry players.

Evening Standard

Blow for Sunak’s green energy plans as not a single offshore wind project commissioned

Government accused of ‘monumental failure’ after ‘complete flop’ at auction

The Independent UK

UK ‘must become irresistible place to do energy business’

The Offshore Energies UK report said the sum is also needed to install all the renewable infrastructure required to get the UK to net zero by 2050.

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Scots back Tory plan to 'max out' North Sea oil and gas, poll suggests

THE UK Government is right to award hundreds more oil and gas licences in the North Sea, the majority of Scots believe ...

The National (Scotland)

John Kerry casts doubt on Rishi Sunak's 'max out North Sea' pledge

JOHN Kerry has cast doubt on whether Rishi Sunak will max out new oil and gas opportunities in the North Sea as promised, as he insisted “unabated…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak claims North Sea oil cleaner than imports exposed as 'false'

RISHI Sunak’s claims home-grown oil and gas is better for the environment have been exposed as 'false'.

The National (Scotland)

Energy Secretary declines to back calls to 'stop Rosebank oil field'

SCOTLAND’S Energy Secretary has declined to oppose the development of the controversial Rosebank oil field in the North Sea ...

The National (Scotland)

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Oil and gas here for some time, says minister amid questions over Rosebank

Figures released on Wednesday show Scotland saw £9.4 billion in revenue from the North Sea last year.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘will rue his green group attacks come election time’

Academics – and polls – say majority of voters back action on climate change and will punish Tories for ‘weak tactic’

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps sparks fresh Tory row over net zero

No security without net zero, says energy secretary, amid Tory rows over green policies

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Global leaders must not backslide from net-zero commitments

Politicians will be judged on whether they tackle the climate crisis. That’s the view of Professor Jim Skea, chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, speaking exclusively to the Evening Standard. And that requires not only warm words, but net zero pledges “backed up by credible actions”. Regrettably,…

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil’s demands are ‘contemptible’, says Starmer

The Labour leader confirmed that he would not revoke drilling licences issued by Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Expert casts fresh doubt on Rishi Sunak’s claims of reducing bills

AN EMINENT academic who has worked with the UK offshore industries for the past 40 years has rubbished claims by Rishi Sunak that increasing gas and…

The National (Scotland)

Chris Packham accuses Sunak of playing ‘political football’ with green policies as he launches new campaign

Exclusive: ‘Climate change has come home to roost,’ presenter says, as he gives ultimatum to stop sanctioning future licensing of oil and gas

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Evening Standard

Push for more North Sea oil and gas ‘right thing for planet’, says Jeremy Hunt

The Chancellor was challenged over his support for the move, after opposing gas drilling project in his constituency last year

The Conversation

Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren't a major barrier to public support, research reveals

Amid headlines of wildfires raging across Europe and Africa and flooding in China, the UK government took the bewildering choice to expand fossil fuel extraction.

The National (Scotland)

MPs and peers urge Grant Shapps to rethink 'deeply irresponsible' Rosebank sign off

FIFTY MPs and peers have urged Grant Shapps in the “strongest possible terms” to block drilling at Rosebank

The Independent UK

Greenpeace demonstrators drape UK prime minister's house in black to protest oil expansion

Greenpeace demonstrators have draped the country estate of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in black fabric to protest the expansion of oil drilling in the North Sea

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Four activists arrested after scaling Prime Minister's Yorkshire home

Four activists have been arrested after scaling the PM's Yorkshire constituency mansion.

The Independent UK

Greenpeace activists arrested after climbing on Sunak’s home and covering it in black fabric

Activists blanketed his home in protest at Rishi Sunak’s new ‘drilling frenzy’

The Conversation

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few days earlier, United Nations chief António Guterres declared that record heat and extreme weather signalled a…

The Conversation

Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction

The world has just suffered through its warmest month ever recorded. Heatwaves have swept across southern Europe, the US and China, breaking many temperature records in the process.

The Conversation

We asked the British public what they really think about net zero – here's what we found

The UK was one of the first major economies to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. It founded an independent body to monitor its progress, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), that has been the envy of many other countries. But the CCC’s latest assessment couldn’t be clearer: any claim…

The Week

Does the UK need more North Sea oil and gas?

Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he will allow more drilling in the North Sea has led to new questions over the future of UK energy policy.

The Week

How to go green with your finances

The government’s commitment to creating a net zero economy by 2050 is under scrutiny, but what impact does going green have on your wallet?

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