Milestone as Equinor hits first oil from huge Mariner project
Equinor has hailed a major milestone for the North Sea oil and gas industry with first production from its giant Mariner field.
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Thunberg sees no point having Trump meeting
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will not waste time speaking to President Donald Trump as she heads across the Atlantic on a racing yacht to attend UN summits on global warming.
Climate activists hold protest outside BP meeting in Elgin
Climate change activists made their way to Elgin yesterday to protest as energy bosses met in the town.
Attenborough warns MPs climate change will cause great social unrest
A failure to tackle climate change will bring great "social unrest" and increased pressure from immigration, Sir David Attenborough has warned.
Government has ‘Dad’s Army’ approach to coping with climate change
The Government has a "ramshackle, Dad's Army" approach to making sure England can cope with the impacts of rising temperatures, its climate advisers warn.
Vision 2035 offers ‘solution’ to UK’s energy challenge
Climate change and the energy transition have competed for media attention recently, pushing Brexit-focused news off the front page and giving us the ideal opportunity to highlight why our industry is going to be needed now more than ever.
Stunts aren’t the solution for climate emergency
It did not take long for declarations of a climate emergency to prompt the kind of episode they are assumed in some quarters to legitimise.
Key Exxon shareholder starts divesting over climate change
One of Exxon Mobil Corp.‘s largest shareholders, Legal & General Group Plc, has divested 19 of its funds from the company and will ask its clients if it can withdraw more money, saying the oil and gas producer isn’t adequately addressing climate change.
UK to host key international climate talks
The UK looks set to host major international climate talks in 2020 - after reaching a deal with Italy over rival bids to hold the UN meeting.
European climate push likely to stop short of net-zero pledge
European Union leaders plan to underscore the importance of the fight against climate change when they meet next week, though their words will stop short of a mandate to move toward zeroing out fossil fuel emissions.
UK to make net zero emissions law
The UK is to set a legally binding target to end its contribution to climate change by 2050, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced.
Scotland missed 2017 climate change target, new figures show
Scotland has missed its latest climate change target, prompting calls from environmental campaigners for ministers to do more in the fight against global warming.
Tory claims of £1tn net zero price tag ‘spurious’, shadow energy minister says
Labour has branded the Chancellor's claim that it will cost £1 trillion to achieve net zero carbon emissions "spurious".
Schoolgirls inspired by Greta Thunberg hold climate protest outside Moray Council
A group of Moray schoolgirls looking to fight for their future have formed a climate change group and and kicked-off their efforts with a protest in Elgin on Friday.
Climate change report slips up on technicalities
If you’ve read the report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) entitled “Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming” then I hope you’re both as impressed with it as I am, but also horrified.
It won’t be easy to satisfy Greta Thunberg on climate change
Emergencies are not to be taken lightly so I am waiting with interest to find what the UK Parliament and Scottish Government announcements of a climate change emergency add up to.
Oil boss says industry must ‘avoid annihilation’ as climate change debate heats up
The oil and gas sector needs to “avoid annihilation” in the climate change debate and stop apologising for its products, an industry veteran said yesterday.
Industry failing to meet climate change expectations, warns OGUK boss
The head of Oil and Gas UK has warned the industry that it is not meeting the expectations of society around climate change.
Industry must address ‘real and present danger’ of climate change, warns OGUK chief
Oil and Gas UK’s CEO will insist the industry must address the “real and present danger” of climate change at a major conference in Aberdeen later.
US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as ‘freedom gas’
The US Department of Energy has appeared to rebrand the country's natural gas as "molecules of freedom".
Former recruiter in bid to tackle ‘PR challenge’ for oil and gas
A recruiter, who was made redundant five times in the last downturn, has set up an event to help address the “PR” problems being faced by the oil and gas industry.
Shell AGM targeted by environmental campaigners
Shell's AGM in the Netherlands was targeted by environmental campaigners yesterday calling on energy firms to “shut down fossil power” and reduce their carbon emissions.
Shell to call for ditching of climate change resolution at AGM
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell said today that it would call for the removal of a resolution on climate change at its annual general meeting.
UK would miss climate change goal with oil extraction plans, report says
Extracting the 5.7 billion barrels of oil and gas in fields already operating would see the UK miss its climate change goals, a new report warns.
BP’s investors unite over fears firm is ‘falling behind’ on climate
When BP Plc meets with shareholders next week, it’ll be facing one of the clearest signals yet that the fossil-fuel business is facing an adapt-or-die reckoning.