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AS the Prime Minister announced hopes to dole out hundreds of new oil and gas exploration licences today, many found themselves asking: “Wasn’t…

Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party appear to have concluded, on the basis of a solitary and surprise by-election victory, to trash the Government’s record on the environment. It is a curious decision — and one that threatens not only Britain’s ability to combat catastrophic climate change, but also ignores…

THE Conservatives have received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and those with interests in the fossil fuel industry ahead of…

If we have not been warned of the dangers of climate change this summer, we never will be. Extreme heat, forest fires and floods have been all over news reports. Yet the oil and gas industry remains largely in denial.

Consensus on tackling the climate crisis is what’s needed now – and direct action against CO2 must be the next move, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

HUNDREDS of new oil and gas licences will be granted in the UK, with the Government committed to developing existing reserves as well as carbon…

RISHI Sunak has been told to focus on “realising the massive renewables opportunity” in Scotland by one of the country’s most…

THE Government’s plans to “max out” North Sea oil and gas reserves poses “no contradiction” to its stated green ambitions, a minister has…

MORE than half of Scots back policies to phase out fossil fuel boilers, a poll has suggested.

PM becomes ‘dangerous radical’, in words of UN chief, by backing fossil fuels incompatible with net zero goals

The PA news agency looks at the details of the controversial technology after the Government declared its continued support for the industry.