Official climate advice on onshore oil and gas underestimates risks – campaign group
The campaign group behind a landmark legal judgement on carbon emissions has criticised official advice to government on the climate impact of onshore oil and gas.
Fossil fuel sector has greatest scope for methane cuts to tackle climate crisis – UN
Plugging leaks in oil and gas infrastructure would significantly cut methane emissions at little or no cost, according to a major new UN report on tackling climate change. But expansion of the use of natural gas was not compatible with climate targets without “massive-scale deployment of unproven carbon […]
Don’t bail out fossil fuels in Covid recovery – UK Climate Assembly members
The UK’s Climate Assembly has said government plans for economic recovery from the coronavirus outbreak should also help achieve net zero carbon emissions.
Shale gas “not compatible with decarbonisation targets” – Welsh planning policy
The Welsh government restated its commitment today to moving away from fossil fuel extraction and consumption.
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