Senior Tory almost quit party over fracking vote
The reviewer of the government’s net zero strategy said he nearly left the Conservatives following the chaotic vote on fracking last year.
The reviewer of the government’s net zero strategy said he nearly left the Conservatives following the chaotic vote on fracking last year.
Routine flaring on oil and gas fields should be banned by 2025, a review of the government’s net zero strategy has concluded.
The government’s climate advisor has warned about the risks of investing in fracking.
Disruption by climate campaigners today forced Shell to pause its first AGM since moving headquarters to London.
The shale gas company, Cuadrilla, spent $900,000 in six months last year mostly on strategies to lift the fracking moratorium and administer its UK licences, it emerged today.
The UK’s climate advisor has praised government plans to cut carbon emissions but called for detailed plans on how some ambitions would be achieved.
Government proposals to encourage low carbon heating systems are good but not good enough, critics said today.
Proposals to explore for oil on farmland on the Isle of Wight have been supported by council planners despite potential environmental harm.
The chair of the UK’s largest hydrogen association has resigned saying blue hydrogen risks locking the country into fossil fuels.
The government is seeking views on setting a low-carbon standard for blue hydrogen.