Expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe would result in more than one million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases, documents have revealed. But the developer, Egdon Resources, has said the proposal would not have a significant impact on climate change.
DrillOrDrop will be reporting in 2025 on the continuing repercussions of the Finch judgement at the Supreme Court.
The UK’s first female chancellor, Rachel Reeves, confirmed in her budget today that the windfall tax on oil and gas profits will be increased.
The head of the energy industry’s trade organisation has been picked to lead the government’s independent climate advisor, it was announced today.
The UK must “rapidly replace fossil fuels with low carbon alternatives”, the government’s climate advisor warned today.
The energy secretary has rejected a request from MPs to set out calculations on how recent changes to transport and home heating policies will affect UK emissions targets.
Greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel infrastructure are enough to burst through the critical limit of 1.5C in global temperature rise, a major new report warned today.
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in spring 2023 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
A cross-party committee of MPs has called for flaring on UK oil and gas fields to be banned in the next two years.
An influential group of MPs has accused the government of having no clear plan for funding the transition to net zero emissions by 2050.
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