Cash needed to defuse Yemen’s floating oil bomb
The United Nations has begun securing funding commitments to tackle the dangers posed by the FSO Safer, offshore Yemen.
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Canada’s love-hate relationship with oil and gas
Canada has energy resources of a scale that its neighbour next door covets and guzzles with abandon. There is a great deal of mutual cross-border dependence but it wasn’t always that way.
NGO claims almost 2 million barrels of Russian oil imported to UK since Ukraine invasion
Almost two million barrels of Russian oil has landed in the UK since the invasion of Ukraine, Greenpeace has claimed.
Investing in new fossil fuels is ‘moral and economic madness’ – UN chief
Investing in new fossil fuel production and power plants is "moral and economic madness", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned.
Watch: New North Sea licences ‘not a reasonable response’ to surging prices, MPs told
MPs have been told that offering new oil and gas licences in the UK North Sea “is not a reasonable response” to the price crisis being triggered by the invasion of Ukraine.
VIDEO: Greenpeace confronts tanker of Russian gas diverted by UK workers
Greenpeace has released video of it confronting a tanker containing Russian gas which was turned away by UK dockworkers last week.
MPs urged to back offshore passport for just transition
Environmental campaigners and trade unions have called for MPs to back the creation of an offshore training scheme to help workers move between the oil and gas and renewables sectors more easily.
BP fuels calls for windfall tax as oil giant posts £11 billion profits in 2021 results
Oil giant BP has pledged to spend double what it earns in the UK in the coming years - but huge profits in its 2021 results and pressure on consumers have strengthened calls for a North Sea windfall tax
CEO van Beurden ‘not convinced’ by windfall tax as Shell profits surge
Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden says a windfall tax on the profits of North Sea companies is unlikely to ease the problems caused by lofty gas prices.
Greenpeace floats boom as short-term FSO Safer response
Greenpeace has called for the FSO Safer to be isolated with a boom as a short-term measure to prevent an ecological disaster.
Hat-trick of losses won’t stop protestors from taking oil industry to court
A trio of high-profile losses is unlikely to stem “concerted attempts” by protestors to challenge the North Sea oil industry in court.
European human rights court takes up Norway Arctic drilling case
The European Court of Human Rights is asking Norway to respond to charges by activists that allowing new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic during an environmental crisis may breach fundamental freedoms.
Faroe Islands plan to stick with oil and gas dream
The Faroe Islands plan on staying open for offshore oil and gas exploration and for sharing in the spoils of any UK Atlantic Frontier development where reserves might straddle the Faroe-UK maritime boundary.
COP26 carbon footprint expected to be twice that of previous summit
COP26 is expected to have a carbon footprint twice as large as the previous summit on climate change, making it the most carbon-intensive summit of its kind.
Cambo oil field: Environmental groups claim risks to marine life ‘down played’
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.
First draft of COP26 final decision published, activists slam lack of focus on fossil fuels
A first draft of the Glasgow final decision text at COP26 has been published ahead of the conference wrapping up this week.
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior sails up Clyde to COP26
The Greenpeace vessel carrying four youth climate activists made its voyage upriver to the COP26 conference, despite initial warnings from police not to proceed.
Jeremy Cresswell: Tweet Boris Johnson to kill Cambo? I think not
I’ve just received a round-robin email from Greenpeace calling on Brits to tweet Boris and kill off North Sea oil & gas right now.
Greenpeace loses court battle to block North Sea oilfield
Activist group Greenpeace has lost its court battle to block production from the Ithaca Energy and BP Vorlich oilfield in the North Sea.
Greenpeace advertising protestors arrested at Shell’s Rotterdam site
The Dutch police have arrested a number of Greenpeace activists following a protest focused on greenwashing in the port of Rotterdam.
Courts proving another tool in the arsenal for climate activists and oil firms
With COP26 approaching, amid reports that police are preparing for major civic disruption, there are also plans that the Scottish criminal courts may be opened for extra sessions to deal with a potentially high number of arrests during the conference.
Greenpeace challenge over BP Ithaca oil permit ‘opportunistic’, court hears
A Greenpeace challenge to the UK Government over a decision to allow BP to drill for oil in the North Sea is "largely procedural and opportunistic", a court has heard.
‘Myriad of failures’ on consultation for Ithaca-BP oilfield, Greenpeace tells court
Environmental campaigners were "substantially prejudiced" by the UK Government's failure to follow procedures for publicising an oil company's application for drilling consent, a court has heard.
Greenpeace takes UK Government, BP and Ithaca to court over North Sea oilfield
Greenpeace is launching a court challenge against the UK Government, Ithaca Energy and BP over permits for a North Sea oilfield.
Cambo operator denies jumping the gun as kayaker activists stage protest in Norway
Two activists in kayaks confronted a vessel in Norway amid suspicions that the UK Government and an oil company were set to “jump the gun” on the Cambo project, west of Shetland.