The summer heatwaves of 2019 resulted in almost 900 extra deaths, according to statistical analysis from Public Health England. Over the past four years more than 3,400 people have died Continue Reading
British factory output fell in December at the fastest rate since 2012 as a tepid global economy hurt demand and businesses further reduced stocks of goods they had built up Continue Reading
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has reiterated his warnings over the risks of financial exposure to fossil fuels, saying pension funds were particularly vulnerable as oil, coal and gas Continue Reading
Britain’s economy grew a little faster in the third quarter than first estimated and the country’s current account deficit shrank to its smallest since 2012, a small boost ahead of Continue Reading
The transition to net zero carbon emissions is both a physical necessity to stabilise the global rise in temperatures and the law of the land in the UK. To achieve Continue Reading
Storage plans jump to 10,500 MW in the past 12 months. Current UK storage capacity totals 700 MW Developers are charging into the market for grid-scale battery storage in the Continue Reading
British manufacturers cut jobs last month at the fastest rate since 2012, a survey showed on Monday, as pressures from Brexit and a global trade slowdown caused the sector’s longest Continue Reading
Shares in UK-listed oil companies slumped on Thursday as Britain’s main opposition party, the Labour Party, vowed to increase taxes on the sector in a pledge for a greener economy, Continue Reading
Highlights Labour manifesto expected later Thursday Take hike would hit North Sea investment UK production enjoying recent output recovery London — Proposals by the UK’s main opposition party, Labour, for Continue Reading
A woman was found dead in flood water on Friday after severe storms brought a month’s rainfall in less than 24 hours to parts of central and northern England. Police Continue Reading
UK police have been accused of sexually assaulting female anti-fracking protesters, including groping and exposing their their breasts while placing them under arrest, reports The Guardian . “I’ve seen women Continue Reading
The UK shale gas industry has vowed to continue efforts to prove it can operate safely despite the UK government introducing a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing — Continue Reading
After years of dogged support for fracked shale gas and oil, at the expense of clean energy, the Conservatives finally gave in today. This is a significant victory for environmentalists. Continue Reading
Britain will impose an immediate moratorium on fracking, the government announced on Saturday, saying the controversial gas extraction technique risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors. Continue Reading
The UK government will soon make an announcement concerning hydraulic fracturing in the UK amid concerns about the tremors at a fracking site in recent months, Prime Minister Boris Johnson Continue Reading
The strong result stood out in an industry that has been hurt by weaker oil and gas prices. The U.K.’s BP PLC and France’s Total SA both announced falls in Continue Reading
The Brent Crude price is finely balanced at US$60 per barrel, but the U.S.-China trade spat will likely drag oil demand and, as a result, oil prices, lower rather than Continue Reading
BP BP -0.28% PLC said it swung to a loss in third-quarter earnings resulting from a divestment-related charge and lower earnings in its exploration and production business. The London-based energy giant Tuesday posted a Continue Reading
The number of households in Britain at risk of flooding will more than double by 2050 to more than 1.9m owing to the effects of climate change, research from data Continue Reading
Clean Energy is the need of the hour and UK is taking charge to build the first commercially viable fusion power plant for unlimited clean, safe, and carbon-free energy. Fremont, Continue Reading
NAO report details ‘financial pressure’ on local bodies Only three wells fracked to date, well behind plan Environmentalist groups call for end to fracking London — Progress in establishing a Continue Reading
Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 despite an unsigned letter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced by his opponents to send to the bloc requesting a Continue Reading
The UK has just ended its first quarter ever in which electricity generation from renewables outpaced fossil fuel-fired power generation—a landmark achievement for the country that started the Industrial Revolution Continue Reading
British police have ordered a halt to Extinction Rebellion protests in London after a week of civil disobedience by climate change activists who have targeted government building and major financial Continue Reading
BP will take charges of $2 to $3 billion in the third quarter, the British energy firm said on Friday, as it looks to reach divestments worth $10 billion by Continue Reading
When Bob Dudley became BP’s chief executive in 2010 hefaced a political and public backlash in the US after the deadly Gulf of Mexico blowout. He had to bring the Continue Reading
At Aberthaw Power Station on the coast of South Wales, Tom Glover examines a dwindling pile of coal, for what may be the last time. At its peak in 2013, Continue Reading
Oil and gas giant BP has recently intensified calls for sustainability and for reducing carbon emissions in the world’s energy systems, acknowledging that the energy transition is already underway, but Continue Reading
Britain’s new target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 became law on Thursday, making it the first among the major G7 countries to set such a goal. Continue Reading
UK Natural History Museum Head of Earth Sciences Prof Richard Herrington and fellow expert members of SoS MinErals (an interdisciplinary program of NERC-EPSRC-Newton-FAPESP funded research) recently wrote a letter to Continue Reading
The UK wants to be a world leader in the fight against climate change. Committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by 2050 is an admirable but expensive Continue Reading
London will hold its biggest car-free day event in September in a bid to encourage people to walk, cycle, and use public transport as the UK capital fights air pollution. Continue Reading
UK energy provider SSE Plc said on Thursday that it is proposing to close its last coal-fired power plant in the country by March 2020, amid a national and international Continue Reading
Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle climate change. Prime Minister Theresa May Continue Reading
UK oil production rose by nearly 9% on the year in the first quarter of 2019 to 1.18 million b/d, continuing a half-decade revival and beating industry expectations, government statistics Continue Reading
The UK passed 300 hours of coal-free generation on Thursday, the National Grid said, as mild, windy conditions reduced the need for older power plants. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading
On Monday morning staff based at BP’s head office in central London woke to find that their building had been blockaded by climate protesters. Greenpeace activists put five large steel Continue Reading
Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance to BP’s London headquarters on Monday, demanding one of the world’s biggest energy companies ends all new oil and gas exploration or goes out of Continue Reading
Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance to BP headquarters in London on Monday, demanding one of the world’s biggest energy companies ends all new oil and gas exploration or goes out Continue Reading
BP will face pressure at a meeting next week to set tougher targets to combat climate change, the latest signal from investors that they want the oil and gas industry Continue Reading
The UK’s goal to maximize oil and gas recovery from the North Sea will harm the country’s Paris Agreement climate goals, a new report by climate campaign groups showed on Continue Reading
Britain’s coastal communities may have to be relocated because of rising sea levels and the increased risk of flooding due to climate change, the chair of the Environment Agency has Continue Reading
Dyson urges petrol car ban by 2030 Patents reveal design for off-road electric vehicle Some costs have overrun but Dyson says it will stick to £2.5bn plan Sceptics believe 2021delivery Continue Reading
In the wake of the Extinction Rebellion riots that led to more than a thousand arrests with people gluing themselves to buildings and vandalizing the Shell HQ, a panel has Continue Reading
The UK’s electricity sector is ahead of the curve when it comes to cutting carbon emissions, but the country still needs to raise its renewables capacity four-fold by 2050 to Continue Reading
Amid the ruckus of Great Britain’s reckless Brexit saga, one might not have noticed the ongoing environmental battle that could put a sudden end to shale gas development in the Continue Reading
Natascha Engel, UK’s shale gas commissioner of six months has handed in her resignation, calling the earthquake rules adopted by the government “ridiculous” and an effective “ban on fracking.” The Continue Reading
Barclays said it is exiting the British gas fracking industry after gas developer Third Energy, in which the bank owns a significant stake, agreed to sell its onshore gas activities Continue Reading
Environmental activists glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange and climbed onto the roof of a train at Canary Wharf on the final day of protests aimed at forcing Britain Continue Reading
You have to have a scintilla of sympathy for the shale gas industry. It cannot be easy winning round a skeptical populace when you routinely have to drop the phrase Continue Reading
