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- Fossil fuels made the nation prosperous but as reserves dwindle, do they drill deeper, even as the Caribbean feels the heat of the climate crisis, or shift to a greener economy?
- Keir Starmer and Donald Trump held a press conference at Chequers on Thursday, on the second day of Trump's state visit. The UK and US leaders were quizzed over the recognition of a Palestinian state and on immigration and...
- The Indiana town suffering under the shadow of a BP refinery: ‘They’ve had way too many accidents’ 2 days agoWhiting residents worried after facility, which has had multiple problems, shut down temporarily after rain
- Green energy entrepreneur calls on UK to subsidise North Sea oil and gas firms Thu, 11 Sep 25, 9:29pmDale Vince urges ministers to ‘optimise’ resources in fossil fuel basin to help smooth transition to renewables
- Drilling down into the case for North Sea oil | Letters Wed, 10 Sep 25, 1:28amPaul Atkin, John Barstow and Colin Ettinger respond to an article by Nils Pratley about Labour’s stance on oil and gas imports
- Shell scraps construction of biofuels plant in Rotterdam Wed, 3 Sep 25, 5:56pmOil firm, which paused project in 2024, will not restart work because facility deemed ‘insufficiently competitive’
- Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say Sun, 31 Aug 25, 8:38amConservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’
- Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Sat, 23 Aug 25, 4:00amStudy analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm
- Time to Stop Endangerment of Developing Economies With CO2 Regulation Wed, 20 Aug 25, 7:00pmNow is the time for policymakers in developing economies to stop treating plant food as public enemy number one so that their societies can take advantage of energy resources that make economic – and environmental – sense.
- ‘It’s destruction disguised as progress’: how the oil industry is sucking Iraq’s ancient wetlands dry Wed, 13 Aug 25, 5:00pmHawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water
- Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables Wed, 13 Aug 25, 9:50pmFOI requests reveal leaks beneath cities, residential areas, riverbeds and fields in ‘huge problem for environment’
- UK electricity firms leak oil underground in ‘huge problem for environment’ Wed, 13 Aug 25, 9:50pmMillions of litres of oil has seeped into soil and watercourses from ageing fluid-filled cables over past 15 years
- Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry Wed, 13 Aug 25, 5:00pmHawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water
- BP Defies Ed Miliband to Reopen North Sea Oil Field Mon, 11 Aug 25, 3:00pmThe energy giant is reviving the Murlach field, which was declared uneconomic and taken out of use in 2004, has now become viable partly due to new technologies.
- ‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling Sat, 9 Aug 25, 10:00pmUS Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US