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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 Shetland was paused in December ...

22 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Controversial Cambo oil field a ‘huge opportunity’, Ithaca Energy boss insists

Developing the Cambo oil field is a “huge opportunity” for the UK in terms of energy security and jobs, an energy boss said after his firm became the majority stakeholder for the controversial project. Alan Bruce, the chief executive of Ithaca ...

08 Apr 2022 at 10:25

$Tories call for easing of planning laws to allow fracking$

Tories call for easing of planning laws to allow fracking

Tory MPs have called for an easing of planning laws to allow fracking to go ahead where there is local support. The backbench 1922 Committee on Beis (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) urged ministers to create a “permissive planning ...

07 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Public urged to avoid harbour after oil leak causes major incident

Public urged to avoid harbour in Dorset after oil leak causes major incident

Members of the public have been urged to avoid using the water and beaches within Poole Harbour in Dorset after an oil leak led to a major incident being declared. Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC), which regulates activities in the ...

27 Mar 2023 at 09:20

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Climate campaigners announce plans to march through Edinburgh

Climate campaigners will march through Edinburgh next week, joining a global day of action against fossil fuels. The march, due to take place next Saturday, will coincide with similar demonstrations elsewhere in the world, ...

09 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Climate campaigners march through Edinburgh urging transition from oil and gas

Climate campaigners called for a “properly planned transition” away from oil and gas as they marched through the Scottish capital. On Saturday, protesters from various organisations walked through Edinburgh to demand both ...

17 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Activists disrupt energy conference in protest over Rosebank oil field approval

A group of climate activists have disrupted an energy conference in London in protest against the Government’s approval of drilling the Rosebank oil field. Demonstrators from Fossil Free London interrupted the Gas, LNG ...

14 Nov 2023 at 17:50

Vicars hold church service in Labour HQ to protest against oil field licence

A group of vicars have occupied and held a church service inside the Labour Party headquarters in London to “grieve with all those who stand to suffer” from a proposed oil field. Five members of the Christian Climate ...

01 May 2024 at 18:47

Two arrested after bank windows smashed in climate protest

Two men have been arrested after the windows of a Glasgow bank were smashed as demonstrators demanded Barclays cut ties with fossil fuel firms. Wearing safety goggles and Kevlar gloves, Extinction Rebellion ...

14 Nov 2022 at 19:36

Oil and gas part of future for decades to come, says Starmer on nuclear visit

Sir Keir Starmer has said that “oil and gas is going to be a big part of the future” for decades to come as he would not “pre-empt” the decision on the Rosebank oil field. The Prime Minister said that “we ...

06 Feb 2025 at 15:57

Greenpeace condemns Equinor-funded computer game aimed at UK schoolchildren

Greenpeace has condemned an Equinor-funded computer game for school children that tells young players renewable energy is “less reliable”. EnergyTown, aimed at children aged nine to 14, encourages ...

05 Jun 2025 at 23:31

Environmentalists to challenge Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in court

Two environmental groups are set to have their legal challenge against the Rosebank and Jackdaw offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea heard in court on Tuesday. Greenpeace UK and Uplift ...

12 Nov 2024 at 07:02

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