Category: Gas

Starmer says Sunak’s lack of investment in wind power is ‘gift to Putin’

Labour leader claims Conservatives’ onshore turbine ban costs families £180 each and makes UK reliant on gas importsKeir Starmer has condemned the prime minister’s climate policies, declaring the failure to invest in renewables such as wind turbines a …

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Will Ghana’s gas gamble perpetuate a cycle of fossil-fuel related debt?

West African country is enduring hard times – and critics say plan to import liquefied natural gas will only make things worseJohn Gakpo has milled corn to make kenkey – a cornmeal dumpling and Ghana’s staple food – in a dimly lit wooden shack in a sub…

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El Niño is coming. We must plan for the worst to protect Australia’s energy system | Dylan McConnell and Iain MacGill

The Bureau of Meteorology predicts increased temperatures and heatwaves this year, raising the prospect of blackouts – just as the electricity sector faces several other challengesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our mornin…

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El Niño is coming. We must plan for the worst to protect Australia’s energy system | Dylan McConnell and Iain MacGill

The Bureau of Meteorology predicts increased temperatures and heatwaves this year, raising the prospect of blackouts – just as the electricity sector faces several other challengesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our mornin…

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Labour MP defends plans to block North Sea drilling against union criticism

Seema Malhotra says party wants to see jobs transferred to green energy industries, not lostUK politics live – latest updatesThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, a shadow business minister has said as she defended plans to block new drilli…

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Labour MP defends plans to block North Sea drilling against union criticism

Seema Malhotra says party wants to see jobs transferred to green energy industries, not lostUK politics live – latest updatesThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, a shadow business minister has said as she defended plans to block new drilli…

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Do the fossil fuel industry’s claims of Australia’s gas-fired future stack up? | Temperature Check

Appea’s assertion that gas is indispensable is ludicrous when it’s renewables that are replacing coalGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s gas industry has launched a major public relations campaign to con…

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