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Thu, 30th Mar 2023 0:01:00 | |
UK government gambles on carbon capture and storage tech despite scientists’ doubts |
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Controversial technology is at centre of ‘powering up Britain’ strategy, but critics argue it has ‘little merit’ and ‘delays real cuts in emissions’
The UK government will defy scientific doubts to place a massive bet on technology to capture and store carbon dioxide in undersea caverns, to enable an expansion of oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Wed, 29th Mar 2023 19:58:00 | |
US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling |
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In latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel extraction
An enormous swathe of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning an area the size of Italy, was put up for auction on Wednesday for oil and gas drilling, in the latest blow to Joe Biden’s increasingly frayed reputation on dealing with the climate crisis.
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Wed, 29th Mar 2023 12:05:00 | |
New cars sold in EU must be zero-emission from 2035 |
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Countries in the European Union have approved a landmark law that will ensure all new cars sold from 2035 must have zero emissions.
Poland voted against the law, while Italy, Bulgaria and Romania abstained.
The agreement was delayed for weeks after Germany called for an exemption for cars running on e-fuels.
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Thu, 9th Mar 2023 12:11:00 | |
Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015 |
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Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining
The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.
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Mon, 13th Mar 2023 6:50:00 | |
Aramco: Saudi state-owned oil giant sees record profit of $161bn |
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Saudi oil giant Aramco has announced a record profit of $161.1bn (£134bn) for 2022, helped by soaring energy prices and bigger volumes.
It represents a 46.5% rise for the state-owned company, compared with last year.
It is the latest energy firm to report record profits, after energy prices spiked following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Tue, 31st Jan 2023 11:34:00 | |
Green projects are boosting UK growth - CBI report |
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The transition to a greener economy is worth £71bn and has brought jobs and investment to parts of the UK experiencing industrial decline.
Those are the key findings of a new report written by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
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Tue, 31st Jan 2023 18:24:00 | |
Thérèse Coffey admits UK can’t achieve air pollution target advised by experts |
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Environment secretary sets lower 10-year objective for cleaner air but researchers say their goal is reachable with stronger action
The government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the environment secretary has admitted as she unveiled a new environmental plan.
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Tue, 7th Feb 2023 23:30:00 | |
BP scales back climate targets as profits hit record |
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Energy giant BP has reported record annual profits as it scaled back plans to reduce the amount of oil and gas it produces by 2030.
The company's profits more than doubled to $27.7bn (£23bn) in 2022, as energy prices soared after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Sat, 17th Dec 2022 3:03:00 | |
Despite the hype, we shouldn’t bank on nuclear fusion to save the world from climate catastrophe |
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Last week’s experiment in the US is promising, but it’s not a magic bullet for our energy needs
The revelation that researchers had succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction that generated more energy than it consumed made reassuring reading last week. For almost half a century, I have reported on scientific issues and no decade has been complete without two or three announcements by scientists claiming their work would soon allow science to recreate the processes that drive the sun. The end result would be the generation of clean, cheap nuclear fusion that would transform our lives.
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Fri, 18th Nov 2022 11:16:00 | |
Climate change: Melting glaciers could release tonnes of bacteria |
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Vast amounts of bacteria could be released as the world's glaciers melt due to climate change, scientists have warned.
Potentially harmful pathogens are among the thousands of microbes that could leak into rivers and lakes.
Researchers at Aberystwyth University said their study highlighted the need to act quickly to curb global warming.
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