The government has announced new rules that mean assessments to approve or reject new oil and gas projects will now finally have to take into account the CO2 produced from burning the fossil fuels in the field itself.
Hundreds of us protested outside the the UK Government’s Energy Conference to which Trump flew US officials to fight for fossil fuel profits and sabotage renewables, alongside oil CEOs.
The UK government has announced plans for new oil and gas drilling
Today the UK government released their British Energy Security Strategy and it's an absolute train wreck. The strategy fails to lower bills, secure energy independence, or protect the climate. Instead, it doubles down on new oil and gas drilling.
Cambo: Billion pound ‘gamble’ risks our collective safety
Ithaca Energy has acquired the controlling 70% stake in the Cambo oil field as part of its takeover of Aberdeen-based Siccar Point Energy. Shell holds the remaining 30% stake in Cambo. The change of ownership does not mean that the field has been approved for development. The new owners will still need to apply to the regulator for permission to extract any oil and gas.
Cambo oil field's licence extension keeps doomed project on ‘life support’
Environmental campaigners have condemned the decision by the UK Government’s oil and gas regulator to grant a 2 year extension to the licence to develop the controversial Cambo oil field.This decision does not mean that the Cambo field has been given the go ahead for drilling, and campaigners say the extension merely delays the inevitable rejection of the field and the transition away from fossil fuels.
BREAKING: Cambo licence extended for two years
The UK government had a chance today to make the right decision and side with the people of the UK. But once again they chose to cast their lot with oil giants Shell and Siccar Point Energy. New oil and gas fields offer no solution to the UK’s energy problems. That the government is still encouraging them is a scandal.
New fast-tracked fields will create huge emissions but not lower bills
The six new North Sea oil and gas fields reportedly set to be fast-track this year will produce levels of CO2 equal to almost half the UK’s yearly total emissions, according to new analysis.
Stop Cambo Reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Statement
The eye watering rise in the price of oil and gas is why a quarter of UK households won’t be able to pay their energy bills this Autumn, and yet the oil and gas companies, who are swimming in profits, have not been asked to put their hand in their pocket to help.
