Calls for tougher windfall tax as BP announces tripling of profits
Climate campaigners have called for higher taxes on oil and gas companies after BP announced a tripling of profits this morning.
Guest post: Yorkshire Landowners question Conservative leadership candidates on fracking
In this guest post, the organisation representing farmers and both small and large landowners in Yorkshire put key questions on fracking to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
Local support for fracking – how would you know?
Both Conservative leadership contenders have said they’re in favour of fracking if it has local support – but so far neither have explained how this would be measured or proved.
Climate activists condemn surging oil and gas profits
Record profit announcements by Shell and Centrica show the energy system is broken, environmental campaigners said today.
Shell’s Jackdaw gasfield and Ineos plastics project face legal challenges
Campaign organisations are taking separate legal actions over plans for a new gasfield and Ineos’s plastics project.
Campaigners “bang the drum” for council divestment from oil and gas
Climate campaigners staged a noisy protest to demand a council pension fund stops investing in oil and gas companies.
CCC warns of climate risk to investment in fracking
The government’s climate advisor has warned about the risks of investing in fracking.
UK climate policies “on track to deliver legally-binding carbon cuts”, government tells court
The UK strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could exceed targets set by parliament, government lawyers told the High Court today.
“Flawed” government climate plans challenged in court
Three campaign organisations are taking the government to court today over its net zero strategy.
Climate campaigners disrupt Shell AGM
Disruption by climate campaigners today forced Shell to pause its first AGM since moving headquarters to London.
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