Banning North Sea oil will only benefit Saudi Arabia July 16, 2024 Fossil fuels will remain part of the energy mix for decades to come – if we don’t extract our own resources from the North Sea, our loss will be other polluters’ gain, says Andy Mayer The new government’s plans to capitulate to the likes of Just Stop Oil by banning new drilling licences in the [...]
G7 and the Global Climate Agenda: What do NGOs Expect? June 14, 2024 | Sponsored The leaders of the G7 are meeting from 13-15 June in Italy for the last time before Activists target powerful forums with the potential to set the narrative and make significant change, and it has not escaped campaigners that the G7 nations are responsible for 27% of global fossil fuel production. Groups are looking at the G7 [...]
Baillie Gifford ends Edinburgh Book Festival sponsorship after fossil fuel row May 31, 2024 Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford has been dropped as a sponsor for the Edinburgh International Book Festival after a row over the company's investments in fossil fuels and companies benefiting from Israel's occupation of Palestine.
Eco activists calling for literature festival boycotts should read a book May 20, 2024 Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. [...]
Fossil fuel generation of UK electricity hits all-time low April 24, 2024 Energy think tank Carbon Tracker today said that on Monday, April 15th, just 2.4 per cent of UK electricity came from fossil fuel sources.
Petrol prices fall to lowest level in more than two years December 16, 2023 Petrol prices are at their lowest in more than two years, the RAC has said.
What is COP28 and why does it matter? November 29, 2023 The COP28 climate convention is unlikely to be far from the headlines over the next fortnight. Morning Wire has broken down everything you need to know ahead of time.
Supermarket fuel margins more than double since Ukraine war July 22, 2023 Supermarkets have more than doubled their margins on fuel since the start of the war in Ukraine, new analysis suggests. The RAC said Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s were making an average of around 4.7p per litre on fuel sales when the Russian invasion began in February 2022. The motoring services company found this had [...]
Watch the moment 30 activists invade Parliament’s central lobby in fuel protest October 24, 2022 More than 30 Greenpeace activists invaded the central lobby in Parliament to mark Rishi Sunak’s ascendency to Number 10. The environmental campaigners, joined by Fuel Poverty Action, sat down in the centre of the Palace of Westminster unfurling a banner reading ‘chaos costs lives.’ They called on the prime minister in waiting Rishi Sunak to [...]
Wildcat Petroleum obtains permit to drill off coast of Sierra Leone May 9, 2022 Petroleum company Wildcat Petroleum has obtained the permit to conduct reconnaissance operations off the coast of Sierra Leone. Under the agreement, Wildcat will be able to drill 20 offshore petroleum blocks to identify those which yield “commercially viable oil finds.” The non-exclusive permit doesn’t give the British company pre-emptive rights, forcing it to enter negotiations [...]