Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid failed to declare his wife’s £50,000 shares in BP while speaking in three debates about the windfall tax, a parliamentary watchdog has ruled.
The Scottish Government has not allocated any Budget funding to carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), blaming ongoing questions over the timing of Westminster support.
Scottish politicians urged Westminster to unlock funding for the Acorn carbon capture and storage project in the upcoming Budget and slammed slow progress on low-carbon development.
Scottish energy secretary Michael Matheson has backed an extension to the North Sea windfall tax, and said he would broaden it to a range of other industries.
Former secretary of state for business Andrea Leadsom MP lent support to the bid for a green freeport in the north east, which advocates say could create up to 32,000 jobs.
By David Duguid, Conservative MP for Banff and Buchan and Scotland Office minister
How can continuing to extract oil and gas from beneath our seas play a role in tackling climate change? Shouldn’t we just shut down North Sea production now?
The Scotland Office minister will meet the developers of the controversial proposed Cambo oil field, saying it is "far preferable" for oil and gas to come from domestic sources than importing.
Plans for a new low-carbon power station in the north-east, which would support hundreds of jobs during the construction and operation phase, have been unveiled.
It’s hoped the award of more than a million pounds to a Scottish decarbonisation group could help to “realise the ambition” of energy transition initiatives in the north-east.
A project helping to alleviate fuel poverty in Orkney and a wildlife reserve in the Highlands were among the winners at Scottish Renewable’s flagship award ceremony.
A number of prominent north-east politicians have called for the UK Government to fast-track a long awaited oil and gas sector deal following a new report by representative body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) that claimed the industry could see tens of thousands of job losses due to Covid-19.