Several years ago, it seemed that some leading environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had started to concede UK Big Oil’s claim that a managed transition away from high- to low-carbon energy might be strategically more effective as a means of reaching Net Zero by 2050 than the slam-dunk kill demanded by Just Stop Oil.
Risks to marine life, including protected deep sea sponges and 400-year-old clams, have been “down played” by the operator of the Cambo oil field, according to environmental groups.
Nicola Sturgeon has described oil and gas as the “most difficult” issue for Scotland to confront, speaking on the opening day of the COP26 climate conference.
Government policy on developing hydrogen as a new clean energy source risks keeping the UK hooked on fossil fuels, climate campaigners have warned.
Opposition to Reconnaissance Energy Africa’s work in northern Namibia is growing, with a petition handed in to the Namibian consul general in South Africa and Leonardo diCaprio tweeting against the drilling plans.
The UK’s highly-skilled oil and gas workforce must be ‘retrained and redeployed’ to work in low carbon industries, according to advisors.
The Prime Minister is facing pressure from campaigners to commit to climate action in the latest call for a "green recovery" from the pandemic.
A new £30 million fund for low-carbon heating infrastructure is now open for projects to make applications.
Scotland produced nearly double the amount of wind energy required to power every home in the country between January and June 2019.
Wind developer Orsted has pledged to "work closely" with regulators to decrease the firm's impact on the sea life and ecosystem under a new policy.
Most of Scotland's energy demand was met by wind power in October, according to a weather data firm.
Wind turbines produced enough electricity to power nearly three million homes in Scotland last month, according to WeatherEnergy figures.
Wind turbines in Scotland provided a 44% increase in power to the National Grid during the first quarter of 2018, compared to the same period last year, environmental groups have said.
There is overwhelming public support for more action on climate change, according to a poll by WWF Scotland.
Belize, a holiday destination to the rich and famous, has chosen to indefinitely end all new oil exploration projects in and around its shores.
Scotland must continue to build on the success of its renewable energy industry in the new year, campaigners and industry groups have said.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has filed a lawsuit in Greece over extensive pollution along Athens’ coastline following the sinking of a tanker near the port of Piraeus.
Norway's hydrocarbon exploration could be infringing upon the Paris Climate Agreement.
Wind turbines generated enough energy to cover two-thirds of Scotland’s total electricity consumption last month, according to figures.
Scotland set two new wind power records over Christmas, according to figures released today by a conservation body.
Official figures published yesterday reveal mixed fortunes for traditional fossil fuel and wind-energy output in the UK.
Over three fifths of Scots would like to see Scotland generate all of its electricity from renewable sources, according to a new poll.
Scottish homes with solar panels would have received enough energy from the sun to meet their entire electricity consumption last month, according to environmentalists.
A decade after David Cameron posed with huskies in the Arctic to show his green credentials, environmentalists say they are still waiting for “cleaner, greener” government.