Lord Deben, the Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee, has made a dramatic intervention at the High Court in support of a legal challenge that accuses the government of breaching the Climate Change Act.
Three organisations are taking the government to the High Court this morning alleging that the UK climate plan is weak and inadequate.
The UK must “rapidly replace fossil fuels with low carbon alternatives”, the government’s climate advisor warned today.
The arguments at the centre of a landmark legal challenge to UK onshore oil production have secured a separate historic court win against the Norwegian government.
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, confirmed today the end date for the windfall tax on oil and gas profits, more formally known as the energy profits levy (EPL).
The company which operates the mothballed oil site at Balcombe in West Sussex has been accused of misrepresenting history in a comment on fracking.
Rishi Sunak’s delays to net zero targets have divided his party, united industry with environment and attracted criticism from the government’s climate advisor.
Extinction Rebellion poured fake oil over the steps of the Labour Party headquarters this morning.
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Opponents of new drilling for oil and gas have criticised the prime minister’s promise to grant “hundreds” of new licences.
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