Energy Companies

What is War Good for? Oil Profits

What is war good for? Oil profits, if the fact that 2023 was a bumper year for shareholders investing in oil is anything to go by. While the majority struggle to cope with the cost of living crisis and the hike in energy prices, shareholders in the five largest oil companies can expect record pay-outs …

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Petition to Stop Rosebank Oil Field

A petition to Stop Rosebank oil field has been launched by Change.org and sponsored by Stop Rosebank, calling on Equinor and its owner the Norwegian Government to stop Rosebank and all new oil and gas fields, following the UK government’s approval in September for the project. The oil giant Equinor, which is majority-owned by the …

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Rosebank Approval Madness

Letter to Julian Smith MP, followed by his reply: Dear Julian I am writing on behalf of ACE Settle and area to ask you to urge the Prime Minister to reconsider his and the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary’s decision to sanction the Rosebank oil field. I do so for the following reasons: In …

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Settle’s Home Grown Energy

Settle’s Home Grown Energy

Participate in Settle’s Home Grown Energy Business by taking local action in the same week Rishi Sunak has rowed back on the UK government’s net zero policies. Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) Settle and Area has announced their own response to the energy transition. At Settle Methodist Church’s “Let’s Talk Local” event held on 17th …

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Fossil fuel subsidies hit a record £10m a minute

Barry White Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion ($7000000000000) last year asgovernments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy pricescaused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemicaccording to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This represents a massive $13m or £10.3m a minute …

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Global Ocean Treaty may block deep sea mining

Philip Pearson Greener Jobs Alliance On 5 March 2023, the UN finally agreed an historic ocean protection treaty. Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace International, Louisa Casson, says it’s ‘a monumental win for ocean protection, an important sign that multilateralism still works in an increasingly divided world. The agreement of this Global Ocean Treaty sends a powerful …

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Hydrogen – a view from Scotland

Alex LeeClimate Campaigner Friends of the Earth Scotland Did you know that almost all the manufactured Hydrogen in the world is produced from fossil fuels? Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoI Scotland) has seen that how oil and gas companies are the biggest lobbyists pushing the Scottish Government to adopt hydrogen as a way to …

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