News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Ed Miliband has ordered an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea – overruling his own officials and risking triggering a wave of legal action.
Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu, recently smeared as a climate change 'denier' by BBC Verify, explains why Net Zero hysterics, not sceptics like him, should be the ones facing criminal prosecutions.
Who are the climate activists bringing down Britain's literary festivals with their climate boycotts? Fossil Free Books' leading lights seem to just love jetting off here, there and everywhere.
BP has put all new offshore wind projects on pause as the oil company’s new Chief Executive seeks to focus more heavily on fossil fuels.
In ruling that oil cannot be extracted without taking into account its impact on Net Zero, the U.K. Supreme Court has delivered yet another blow to the country's dying industries, says Ben Pile, not to mention parliamentary sovereignty.
Owners of electric cars are ditching battery power and returning to petrol as industry data show that a majority of those who sell an EV don't buy a new one.
Green Party leader Carla Denyer has admitted that she still has a gas boiler despite her party’s commitment to reach Net Zero by 2040.
Pro-Palestine protesters have targeted 20 Barclays across the U.K., smashing windows and throwing red paint over the bank branches in London, Bristol and Manchester.
With the Hay Book Festival boycott of Baillie Gifford, the EDI revolution is eating its own, says C.J. Strachan. The fund manager sponsor is as woke as they come but that didn't spare it – and companies are taking note.
Following a celebrity boycott, the organisers of the Hay Festival have terminated their sponsorship deal with investment firm Baillie Gifford due to the firm's ties to Israel and fossil fuel companies.
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