North Sea

Legislation aims to ban new oil and gas production licences, permanently block fracking and coal mining projects, and introduce community benefit rules for renewables developers

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary signals electrification and lower bills are now top policy priorities, casting further doubt on Labour's manifesto pledge to deliver a clean power system by 2030

Letter argues cumulative impact of imminent decisions on Rosebank, EV targets, Heathrow, and heat pump funding could breach legally-binding Carbon Budgets

Decision set to spark fierce criticism from climate campaigners who have warned new fossil fuel projects risk breaching the UK's legally-binding emissions targets

Latest criticism of new oil and gas projects comes amidst reports government is poised to launch new low interest loan scheme for domestic clean tech installations

Group of 10 trade unions argues approving major new fossil fuel project in wake of record-breaking summer would be anything but 'pragmatic'

Conservative Party leader vows to back renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel drilling, as she sets out vision for wave of tax cuts and bonfire of planning and environmental regulations

Green Party leader argues devastating summer of climate extremes 'should have been the final nail in the coffin for new oil and gas'

Andy Burnham has promised a 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea drilling, but who gets to decide what that word even means?

Making the operators of Rosebank and Jackdaw financially responsible for capturing and storing CO2 could give Andy Burnham a world-leading policy to present at COP31, writes Stephanie Loo from the Carbon Balance Initiative