Tag: North Sea oil and gas
Who’s who at COP28 – POLITICO
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM.
The annual U.N. climate summit that starts November 30 has become one of the biggest diplomatic setpieces in the global political calendar.
Organizers are expecting more than 70,000 people to descend upon Dubai’s Expo City: activists, billionaires, presidents, Indigenous leaders, business executives, monarchs and diplomats from every corner of the world. A few will hold sway over the outcome of the talks. Some will make noise
Just Stop Oil approach ‘contemptible’ says Starmer – POLITICO
LONDON — Protesters demanding an immediate halt to British fossil fuel production are “contemptible,” Labour leader Keir Starmer has said, in his latest move to distance the party from U.K. climate activist group Just Stop Oil.
In an article for the Sunday Times, the opposition leader emphasized Labour’s position that the country will need to exploit existing North Sea oil and gas sites “for decades to come.”
Just Stop Oil has been heavily criticized for its use of disruptive public
Rishi Sunak’s trying to drive in both lanes on net-zero – POLITICO
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LONDON — Save the planet without offending motorists or your own warring MPs. What could be simpler?
Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is languishing in the national polls as an election looms next year. But the U.K. prime minister has seized on a recent by-election victory to side with drivers against government environmental action, and enraged green groups by pressing ahead with a plan to allow more oil and gas
Rishi Sunak to green-light hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in North Sea – POLITICO
LONDON — The U.K. will grant hundreds of new oil and gas licenses for the North Sea as Rishi Sunak’s government continues to lean on fossil fuels as part of its energy strategy.
The U.K. prime minister said on Monday that approving the new licenses would “bolster” energy security and create jobs, as well as build space for carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) projects — but his plans drew immediate warnings from green groups.
The North Sea Transition Authority