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Church of England pressured to divest from fossil fuels

Heather Trudeau
carbon dioxide emissions, Church of England, climate action, climate change, climate emergency, Diocese of Bath and Wells, Efficiency & Environment, net-zero, oil and gas
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Church of England pressured to divest from fossil fuels A group of protestors has completed a protest at Wells Cathedral in Somerset to pressure the Diocese of Bath and Wells and 14 other Church of England pledge to divesting from fossil fuels. The protestors, including a member of the clergy, took part in a Eucharist…
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Rishi Sunak spent the morning with the UK’s oil and gas industry.

Heather Trudeau
Aberdeen, Energy Profits Levy, Finance & Markets, oil and gas, Rishi Sunak, Scotland, Top Stories, Treasury, UK Government, windfall tax
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Rishi Sunak spent the morning with the UK’s oil and gas industry. The Chancellor has associated with oil and gas companies among concerns against the newly declared windfall tax would ‘hurt’ future investments. Rishi Sunak spent the morning at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen, hosting a roundtable with about 20 business leaders from…
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Norway and EU work to ensure extra gas supplies

Heather Trudeau
climate change, emissions, energy independence, Energy security, Finance & Markets, gas supplies, hydrogen, Norway, oil and gas, war
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Norway and EU work to ensure extra gas supplies The European Commission and Norway have made an agreement to step up co-operation to establish increased gas supplies from the Scandinavian nation to the EU in the short and long term. It is the role of their efforts to boost energy self-sufficiency and work in the…
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North Sea projects scrapped?

Heather Trudeau
Chancellor, Efficiency & Environment, Energy Profits Levy, energy transition, Equinor, fossil fuels, net-zero, North Sea Transition Deal, Offshore Energies UK, oil and gas, oil and gas company, Top Stories, UK Government, windfall tax
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North Sea projects scrapped? The fufillment of a windfall tax on oil and gas firms’ profits has reportedly made some reexamine their new fossil fuel projects in the North Sea. The Telegraph has announced that the Norwegian energy company Equinor is reviewing its plan to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea, in…
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UK spent £5.1 billion on Russian energy imports

Heather Trudeau
Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, coal, energy imports, energy independence, Energy security, energy transition, Finance & Markets, house of commons, oil and gas, Top Stories, war
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UK spent £5.1 billion on Russian energy imports £5.1 billion was spent on Russian energy imports by the UK in the year to April 2022. That’s according to a current research discussion report from the House of Commons, which implies the imports from Russia made up 22% of coal, 9% of oil and 4% of…
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Red paint sprayed on Treasury to protest against oil and gas plans

Heather Trudeau
carbon dioxide emissions, clean energy, Efficiency & Environment, energy supply, energy transition, fossil fuels, oil and gas, Renewable energy, Shell, Top Stories, Treasury
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Red paint sprayed on treasury to protest against oil and gas plans The Treasury buildings have been sprayed by climate activists protesting against the government’s plans to give the go ahead to new oil and gas projects. The symbolic move is targeted at showing that the government is guilty, according to Just Stop Oil campaigners,…
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Governments have to stop ‘dragging their feet’ says UN

Heather Trudeau
Antonio Guterres, climate change, coal, Efficiency & Environment, fossil fuels, net-zero, oil and gas, Paris agreement, Policy, Renewables, Ukraine conflict, Ukraine war, UN, United Nations
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Governments have to stop ‘dragging their feet’ says UN: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has remarked that governments must stop “dragging their feet” concerning climate action and promises to restrain carbon emissions. At the time of the World Summit meeting in Vienna, he called countries that were seeking to invest in fossil fuels like coal and…
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Exxon is making alot of money

Heather Trudeau
energy crisis, energy profits, Exxon, Exxon Mobil, Finance & Markets, fuel prices, gas prices, inflation, Joe Biden, oil and gas, Top Stories, US President, windfall tax
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Exxon is making alot of money The US President has urged the American oil and gas giant ExxonMobil to drill for more oil and make new investments. Speaking on inflation during an event at the Port of Los Angeles, President Biden stated: “We will make sure that everyone knows Exxon profits – Exxon made more…
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Centrica submitted application to reopen ‘largest’ gas storage site

Heather Trudeau
British Gas, Centrica, energy independence, Energy security, energy supply, energy transition, gas demand, gas shortage, gas storage, gas storage capacity, Infrastructure, natural gas, oil and gas, Renewable energy, Rough, Top Stories, yorkshire
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Centrica submitted application to reopen ‘largest’ gas storage site British Gas owner Centrica has submitted an application to the North Sea energy regulator to reopen Rough, which is considered the UK’s largest gas storage facility. The company confirmed it is in “exploratory discussions” with the government about the way Rough could boost the country’s energy…
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North sea oil and gas threatened by Windfall tax

Heather Trudeau
Chancellor, Energy Security Strategy, energy supply, energy transition, Finance & Markets, investment, levy, North Sea, North Sea oil and gas, oil and gas, power supply, Renewable energy, Renewables, renewbale energy, Rishi Sunak, Shell, Top Stories, Treasury, windfall tax
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North sea oil and gas threatened by Windfall tax The implementation of the new windfall tax creates uncertainty over future investment, Shell has stated. In its recent set of cost-of-living measures, the government included a windfall tax on energy firms that could possible increment around £5 billion. Energy companies will have to pay an extra…
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