oil and gas

'We still need clarity': Energy bosses urge government to improve investment environment

Policy

'We still need clarity': Energy bosses urge government to improve investment environment

'Productive' meeting dominated by fresh warnings over clean energy investment prospects, as government touts 'immense opportunities ahead' as it works to deliver on net zero goals

clock 03 August 2023 • 5 min read
'Climate meltdown': Scientists implore government to rethink approval for new fossil fuel projects

Policy

'Climate meltdown': Scientists implore government to rethink approval for new fossil fuel projects

Over 600 scientists write to Rishi Sunak in protest at recent watering down of climate policies, as Ministers prepare to meet with oil and gas industry bosses

clock 01 August 2023 • 6 min read
'The signal is: Don't invest in Britain': Green business groups slam the economic recklessness of Rishi Sunak's oil and gas bonanza

Politics

'The signal is: Don't invest in Britain': Green business groups slam the economic recklessness of Rishi Sunak's oil and gas bonanza

Green businesses up and down the country will be left confused and frustrated by the government's continued love affair with domestic oil and gas extraction, experts tell BusinessGreen

clock 01 August 2023 • 12 min read
The government's assault on net zero has triggered a battle where no one wins

Politics

The government's assault on net zero has triggered a battle where no one wins

The combination of performative hostility to environmental issues and contradictory decarbonisation policies only serves to undermine the economic goals the government purports to care about

clock 31 July 2023 • 12 min read
'Pouring fuel on the fire while the world burns': The green economy reacts to the government's oil and gas licensing round

Policy

'Pouring fuel on the fire while the world burns': The green economy reacts to the government's oil and gas licensing round

Campaigners, MPs, green businesses, energy experts, and economists respond to the government's decision to press ahead with 100 new oil and gas projects

clock 31 July 2023 • 17 min read
Sunak green lights wave of oil and gas licenses - and two further carbon capture hubs

Infrastructure

Sunak green lights wave of oil and gas licenses - and two further carbon capture hubs

Prime Minister insists issuing hundreds new oil and gas licenses will not jeopardise net zero targets, as green groups slam latest 'cynical political ploy to sow division'

clock 31 July 2023 • 9 min read
'Enough is enough?': How the peak in global oil demand could be deferred until the 2030s

Energy

'Enough is enough?': How the peak in global oil demand could be deferred until the 2030s

Two reports highlight the need for stronger policies to bring fossil fuel production into line with climate goals

clock 20 July 2023 • 6 min read
Domestic oil and gas production would unlock funding for energy transition, fossil fuel firms tell government

Energy

Domestic oil and gas production would unlock funding for energy transition, fossil fuel firms tell government

Trade body for oil and gas sector argues it stands ready to invest £200bn by 2030 and deliver on net zero goals if it can secure a supportive policy environment

clock 17 July 2023 • 4 min read
'A credible plan to manage change': Keir Starmer unveils Labour's clean energy mission

Politics

'A credible plan to manage change': Keir Starmer unveils Labour's clean energy mission

Leader of Opposition defends plan to end oil and gas licensing, as he sets out how a Labour government would strive to make Britain a 'clean energy superpower'

clock 19 June 2023 • 10 min read
IEA: Peak oil 'within sight' this decade as EVs continue to destroy demand

Energy

IEA: Peak oil 'within sight' this decade as EVs continue to destroy demand

Oil use in transport set to decline from 2026, but strong petrochemicals demand could provide oil majors with new markets

clock 14 June 2023 • 6 min read