Could North Sea oil unlock a US trade deal?
Embracing “drill, baby, drill” in rhetoric if not in practice could win the President round.
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Will Netanyahu upend the global economy?
A prolonged conflict could cause recessions in the West, decide the US election and strengthen Putin’s hand in Ukraine.
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The Parliament Brief: are new oil and gas licences really a “good idea”?
The energy minister Graham Stuart was questioned on the government’s approach to fossil fuels and whether flying 3,500 miles to…
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The challenges – and opportunities – of developing renewables at scale
Investors have a role to play in supporting the transition away from fossil fuels.
When oil and gas infrastructure becomes obsolete
Stranded fossil fuel assets pose a risk for the economy.
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Conscious uncoupling
Can growth be detached from fossil fuels and made green?
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Why the UK needs a major energy grid upgrade now
As Britain shifts from fossil fuels to renewables, infrastructure must support the increase in electricity demand.
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Ed Miliband at Cop28: Under Sunak, the UK can’t credibly call for fossil fuel phase-out
The shadow climate secretary said the UN summit could make a mockery of the government’s “extract every last drop” approach.
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Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions”
Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world's leading climate scientists.
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Government short-termism may “jeopardise” net zero, MPs say
A parliamentary report from the Public Accounts Committee has criticised the UK’s lack of direction on green innovation.
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Why new oil and gas licences have nothing to do with energy security
In the run-up to Cop28, the government has the opportunity to show climate leadership. Instead we’ve had political pantomime.
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Will carbon capture help us reach net zero?
The technology should not be used to justify more oil extraction in the North Sea, but experts agree it has…
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Outdated fiscal rules are the real threat to Labour’s green plans
Treasury orthodoxy threatens the transformative agenda the UK needs.
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Britain is not the sick man of Europe – that accolade goes to Germany
To survive in a modern, digital world, the German economy requires not a green transition but a full-scale revolution.
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Concern about climate change stays strong through cost-of-living crisis
Climate action remains a popular policy among the UK population.
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Vanuatu’s existential climate threat: “Losing my country is not an option”
In the wake of the latest warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Pacific island nation renews calls…
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What Greta Thunberg’s arrest means
Climate activists are facing dark times with courage.
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The Policy Ask with Gail Bradbrook: “I don’t believe the UK is a functional democracy”
The scientist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion on her working class background, fossil fuels and citizen rights.
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Fuel price protests can’t just avoid the climate question
Protest groups Fair Fuel and Just Stop Oil have very different solutions to the petrol crisis. Only one is fit…
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Europe’s war begs the question: Who owns our energy?
Many countries are suddenly uncomfortably aware of how reliant they are on Russian oil and gas.
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