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How oil execs shaped a landmark climate

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels

Salon · Jun 26

Questions over Tory peer’s support for nuclear company’s UK ambitions

Olivia Bloomfield has supported Terrestrial Energy since 2018 and says she is ‘scrupulous’ in following rules

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025

“Metal suffers without dynamics. DADGAD can help without having to think about it. You can play chords that aren’t possible in standard tuning”: John Browne hasn’t played in standard tuning for 20 years. He explains why DADGAD is perfect for modern metal

The tuning is being heralded by a growing number of current greats – we caught up with the Monuments riffer to find out why

Guitar World · Feb 13, 2025

BP ‘turtle’ Brendan Looney out of the company he loved after relationships with staff

The story of how BP’s £10m-a-year-boss Brendan Looney had it all and threw it away

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2023

Sir Peter Walters obituary

Chairman of BP who transformed it into a premier league oil company

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023

Leeds grandad pimps out mobility scooter in LUFC colours to help his Parkinson's battle

John, who's also survived bowel cancer recently, says driving the Leeds United scooter has motivated him to carry on battling his illness

Leeds Live · Apr 25, 2023

‘You have to be thick-skinned’: what is it like to lose the status of a top job?

After just 45 days as prime minister, Liz Truss has abruptly lost power. How have others such as Lib Dem leader Vince Cable and Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman coped with life after a high-level role – and can they offer any advice?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Lord Browne: the man who went from BP and the North Sea to net zero

he former oil chief is now championing green energy as an investor – and also backing a windfall tax on his old industry

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

'We're forced to risk jail and grow our own cannabis to stop terrifying seizures'

TOWIE star Amy Childs wants to persuade Boris Johnson to make the drug more widely available on the NHS after being moved to tears by six-year-old Jorja Emerson’s plight

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

‘We Could Lose It All’: BP’s Bet on Russia Was Always a Gamble

The company will eat a $25 billion loss with its forced exit from the country—but higher oil prices will ease the pain.

Businessweek · Mar 10, 2022