Oil

Environmentalists accuse the government of ‘looking the other way’ after US gives green light for Shell to restart drilling for oil and gas

Carbon Tracker Initiative says end of hedging in 2016 could spell trouble for company finances if commodity prices remain volatile

Coalition government granted far more more meetings to fossil fuel sector than renewable energy companies between 2010 and 2014, Guardian analysis reveals

James Smith of the Carbon Trust argues there is a future for oil and gas firms, but only if they embrace low carbon technology

Carbon Trust chairman and former Shell boss James Smith argues the fossil fuel industry must do more to accelerate carbon capture development

Critics call for BP to provide immediate access to Warwick University archive containing billions of pounds worth of scientific research by the oil group from the 80s and 90s

A series of new reports urges investors to beware of escalating stranded assets risks

UKOG says there could be up to 100 billion barrels of oil in the South of England, prompting climate change warnings from environmental groups

US Department of Interior rubber-stamps controversial exploration in the Alaskan Arctic, despite campaigners' protests

Former environment agency chief says environmental case for shale oil in the UK is much tougher to make than for shale gas and calls for a single regulator