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UK to defy net zero targets with more oil and gas drilling

Pressured by Tory right, minister to announce gas-heavy energy strategy with little emphasis on insulation

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘too slow’ over climate crisis despite stark IPCC report

Scientists’ concerns come after Jacob Rees-Mogg declared ‘every last drop of oil from the North Sea’ should be exploited

The Guardian - UK

North Sea can provide ‘secure and safe energy’ for next 50 years

Industry body's chief executive makes plea ahead of UK Government's energy security strategy publication

Insider UK

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Rees-Mogg downplays fracking risk and eyes ‘every last drop’ of North Sea oil

The Cabinet member compared the earthquake risk to ‘a rock fall in a disused coal mine’ with the energy security strategy confirmed for Thursday.

The Independent UK

Canoe man John Darwin tracked down to aptly named 'Wilcon' store in Philippines

Fraudster John Darwin, who plotted with first wife Anne to fake his own death in the North Sea using a canoe in 2002, may now cash in as a TV series depicts his crime

Daily Mirror

North Sea can provide ‘secure, safe energy’ for next 50 years – industry chief

Deirdre Michie, of Offshore Energies UK, said energy security is now a national security issue due to the invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ithaca Energy expands North Sea portfolio with $224 million acquisition

The agreement is still subject to approval by the authorities

Insider UK

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UK rules out windfall tax on North Sea oil firms to help fund energy bills

Kwasi Kwarteng pledges to turbo-charge investment in solar and wind power amid new energy security plan

The Guardian - UK

Investment plea after gas supplies from Norway outstrip those from the North Sea

Supplies from a single other country are larger than domestic supply for the first time

Insider UK

Boris Johnson’s new push for oil and gas will ‘blow’ net zero commitment, analysis shows

Exclusive: Six identified North Sea sites will produce 205 million tonnes of CO2, say campaigners

The Independent UK

Dippers take the plunge in the North Sea to raise money for Ukraine appeal

Around 60 people braved the North Sea off the coast of Tynemouth on Saturday standing in solidarity with Ukraine

Chronicle Live

Humber's hydrogen ambition a highlight one year on in North Sea Transition Deal

Deirdre Michie OBE has flagged the pioneering work being done in the Energy Estuary

Birmingham Post

Spring Statement 2022 - live: Inflation hits new high as Sunak warned people choosing between heat and food

Pressure on chancellor to scrap next month’s rise in National Insurance ahead of today’s mini-Budget

The Independent UK

TV drama of canoe couple's story hopes to bring theme of forgiveness

When John and Anne Darwin fooled the world, and their sons, into thinking he had died in the North Sea, it was one of the UK’s most shocking crimes

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The Independent UK

Spring Statement 2022 - live: Voters support windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas to help cost of living

Pressure on chancellor to scrap next month’s rise in National Insurance ahead of today’s mini-Budget

The Guardian - UK

Shell U-turn on Cambo oilfield would threaten green targets, say campaigners

Company is reviewing decision to withdraw from North Sea project because of high oil price, report claims

Evening Standard

Spend profits from high oil and gas prices on net zero, energy giants told

The head of the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority, rebranded as the North Sea Transition Authority, said: ‘Businesses have made record profits from high oil and gas prices and we want them to honour the deal now by putting a large chunk towards substantial energy transition projects’

Reuters

IT bug that jammed Baltic-North Sea traffic 'not a hacker attack'

A software problem that blocked all ship traffic in the main channel between the Baltic and the North Sea on Sunday was not a hacker attack and has been fixed, a spokesperson for Germany's Kiel Canal Waterways and Shipping Authority said on Monday.

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The Guardian - UK

Fears dash for wind power could cut off lost world of Doggerland

Archeologists worry rapid expansion of North Sea projects could remove access to rare Mesolithic remains

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson insists drilling for more North Sea oil and gas does not undermine climate fight

Prime minister argues it would be ‘crazy’ to stop production – allowing Putin to ‘blackmail’ UK

The Independent UK

Tory chair under fire after saying ‘net zero dogma’ must not stop drilling for oil in North Sea

‘Pandering to fringe elements’: Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden’s comments branded ‘frankly unbelievable’

The Independent UK

Rees-Mogg dismisses ‘partygate’ row as trivial ‘fluff’

But Tory chairman Oliver Dowden said any suggestion politicians had breached the rules needed to be ‘taken seriously’.

Daily Record

Huge gas field discovered under North Sea as UK to mine own fuel amid Putin threat

The UK has been handed a pathway out of the energy crisis created by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with a new major gas field being discovered under the North Sea.

Insider UK

Union calls for ring-fenced UK share as North Sea gas exports double

GMB says it's 'morally repugnant' to reach net zero by winding down domestic industry while relying on gas from 'despotic regimes'

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Blair calls for push for peace deal but says Nato should not rule out intervening in war – as it happened

Latest updates: the former PM says the west should not give up on the possibility of negotiating a peace deal with Vladimir Putin

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