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Greenpeace interrupts Truss speech to accuse PM of ‘shredding’ promises

Greenpeace activists have staged a protest during the Prime Minister’s conference speech on Wednesday, brandishing a flag reading “who voted for this?”. The protesters, ejected from the hall shortly afterwards, interrupted Liz Truss’s televised ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:15

$Jacob Rees-Mogg backs fracking at country pile but says no to local referendums$

Jacob Rees-Mogg backs fracking at country pile but says no to local referendums

Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed the idea of local referendums to gauge support to allow fracking to go ahead, as the Energy Secretary backed drilling in his garden. The Cabinet minister said he would be “delighted” for shale gas extraction to ...

03 Oct 2022 at 16:58

Greenpeace planning ‘boulder barrier’ in Cornish marine protected zone

Environmental activists are preparing to drop boulders into waters off the coast of Cornwall in a bid to protect rare sea-bed habitat from bottom trawler fishing. Greenpeace UK wants to create a barrier in South West Deeps, a designated ...

15 Aug 2022 at 01:01

UK ministers give green light to new North Sea oil and gas operations

Climate campaigners are threatening legal action after the UK Government gave its backing to an expansion of oil and gas operations in the North Sea. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is now expected to undertake a new round of ...

22 Sept 2022 at 16:40

Proposed oil field will have lowest possible carbon footprint, vows developer

Development plans have been announced for an oil field which could produce almost 70,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak. Norwegian state-controlled Equinor said it wants to take forward projects such as the Rosebank field – which is ...

05 Aug 2022 at 18:07

Supermarket tankers fill up on Russian diesel, Greenpeace claims

Fuel tankers from several of the biggest supermarkets in the country have been spotted taking diesel from Russia, campaigners say. Greenpeace photographed Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons tankers at the Navigator Terminals on ...

20 May 2022 at 17:24

Eco activists ‘could undermine energy security and hinder net-zero effort’

The UK’s leading offshore energy body has warned that environmental activists could undermine the country’s energy security and hinder its efforts to reach net zero. Protests, legal action and publicity stunts by organisations ...

24 May 2022 at 11:35

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Great Barrier Reef hit by widespread coral bleaching

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering widespread and severe coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures two years after a mass bleaching event, a government agency said on Friday. The report by the Great Barrier Reef ...

18 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Green campaigners criticise Shell’s reported Cambo oil field rethink

Exploiting the Cambo oil field will not tackle high energy bills, campaigners warned amid reports Shell is reconsidering its decision to pull out of the project. Work on the proposed development off the west coast of ...

22 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Dogger Bank among four areas of English seas protected from damaging fishing

Dogger Bank is one of four areas of English seas that will be protected from damaging fishing, the Government has announced in a move welcomed by campaigners. Byelaws banning bottom trawling fishing gear will be ...

13 Apr 2022 at 20:55

Government urged to support households and cut fossil fuel use as bills soar

More than 30 campaign groups are urging the Government to provide more support for households, cut gas use and shift to renewables as bills soar. The call comes ahead of the Spring Statement and Government ...

15 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Criticising green agenda in light of higher bills is wrong, Ofgem boss says

The boss of Ofgem has hit out at those who claim that the UK cannot keep energy costs down for consumers while fulfilling its climate targets. “Some have argued there is a contradiction between a low ...

08 Mar 2022 at 15:25

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