Tag: North Sea

Ed Miliband has blamed high energy prices on Britain's "reliance on global fossil fuel markets". This is nonsense, says Ben Pile. It's Net Zero that makes Britain's gas cost four times more than America's.

A judge has blocked Britain's two biggest offshore oil and gas developments from producing any fossil fuels by quashing their production permits over climate change concerns.

One of the North Sea’s biggest oil field developments is in jeopardy after developers put the project on hold following a crackdown by Ed Miliband.

Ed Miliband has delivered the "final blow" to North Sea oil as he bows to Greenpeace and refuses to fight a climate lawsuit brought against two of Britain’s biggest oil schemes, meaning they're likely to be halted.

"North Sea oil workers cannot be sacrificed on the altar of Net Zero," the Unite union has told Labour as it launches a campaign against the party's "irresponsible" green agenda.

As the energy crisis continues to bite, the Government gives the green light to six new oil and gas fields – but in a sign of things to come, the National Grid begins to experiment with rationing household power.