Breaking: Surrey blocks second IGas grey hydrogen scheme
Councillors in Surrey have unanimously rejected plans by IGas to manufacture hydrogen from methane at its site at Albury near Guildford.
Offshore flaring halves in four years but onshore hits record high
Flaring in the North Sea has halved in the past four years, the industry regulator announced today. But analysis by DrillOrDrop shows that flaring at onshore fields reached record levels in 2022.
Campaigners back onshore wind to replace fossil fuel energy
The UK is relying on emerging technologies for carbon reduction that may not work, a campaign network has argued.
WI joins celebrities and campaigners to reject Rosebank oilfield
More than 200 organisations, including the Women’s Institute, have joined celebrities and climate campaigners to oppose plans to develop the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland.
Updated: New environment regulator applies to join legal case on onshore oil production
The new organisation created to hold government to account on the environment is seeking to contribute to a landmark legal case on the climate impact of onshore oil production.
Another call for earlier ban on flaring in oil and gas fields
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
Judges dismiss challenge to $1.15bn UK investment in Mozambique gas scheme
The Court of Appeal has rejected a legal challenge to UK government investment of $1.15bn in a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique.
Operators fined over flaring and production breaches
Three leading oil and gas operators have been fined a total of £265,000 over breaching UK flaring and production agreements.
Scotland loses UK lead in cutting carbon emissions, says CCC
Scotland’s progress on carbon-cutting targets has largely stalled, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has concluded.
UK onshore oil sites continue to emit methane, research reveals
The climate-damaging gas methane is still being released at English onshore oil sites, a year after researchers revealed the problem.
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