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Scottish independence case could be 'boosted' by rising North Sea oil prices

UK Government revenues from North Sea oil and gas production in 2022 are on track to be at their highest level in over a decade, according to industry experts.

Daily Record

Soaring North Sea oil prices to 'boost' independence cause, economists say

SOARING oil and gas revenues from the North Sea could give arguments for Scottish independence a “boost”, experts have said.

The National (Scotland)

The Standard View: This fossil fuel crisis requires clean energy solutions

The financial support package set out by the Government today will come as a relief to millions of households and businesses. Part of this plan will also involve expanding our energy supply, including fracking and North Sea oil and gas.

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How will the Government’s energy bills help be paid for?

Prime Minister Liz Truss announced a major new package to help households and businesses with their energy bills.

The Independent UK

UK seeks more North Sea oil and gas

LONDON: The British government is expected to announce dozens of new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences in an effort to boost domestic production, according to two sources familiar with the government’s discussions.

Bangkok Post

Hike UK oil and gas production to reduce reliance on imports, energy body urges

Offshore Energy UK claims that the UK’s reliance on oil and gas imports will rise without more North Sea projects being given the green light.

Evening Standard

Oil and gas trade body calls for more offshore wind

While also demanding Westminster issues the next round of North Sea exploration licences

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Gas drive will not solve energy crisis, climate advisers tell Liz Truss

Environment and infrastructure chiefs rebuke new prime minister for focusing on fossil fuel solutions

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate alarmism’ and ‘doomsayers’: New energy chief Rees-Mogg’s history of dismissing global warming threat

‘Climate dinosaur’ will oversee UK’s net zero strategy in Liz Truss’s government

The Independent UK

$Environmentalists vow to step up protests after PM candidates both back fracking$

Environmentalists vow to step up protests after PM candidates both back fracking

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have vowed to step up protests following the appointment of the new prime minister, over fears the pledges of Cop26 are…

The National (Scotland)

$Johnson takes swipe at Truss plans for fracking and North Sea drilling$

Johnson takes swipe at Truss plans for fracking and North Sea drilling

Outgoing leader hails £700m funding for Sizewell C nuclear plant in penultimate speech

The Guardian - UK

Offshore wind expansion could help Scotland's seabird recovery, according to RSPB

THE expansion of offshore wind in the North Sea could help Scotland’s ailing seabird population recover, according to a report from the RSPB.

The National (Scotland)

Rough's return for gas storage gets go-ahead as steps are taken to ease energy crisis

Centrica granted approvals and consents by North Sea Transition Authority

Birmingham Post

Critics warn new North Sea drilling 'not the answer' to current energy costs

Reports suggest Liz Truss would invite applications for drilling licences to explore new oil and gas fields

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Birmingham Post

North Sea gas platform could become designated nesting site to aid offshore wind development

Orsted is working with owners Alpha Petroleum Resources Ltd and Energean UK on Wenlock proposal 100km off the Humber

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss warned North Sea 'drilling frenzy' plot won't solve energy bill crisis

The Tory frontrunner is said to be planning to unleash a fresh wave of fossil fuel extraction off the UK coast to combat record gas and electricity bills

The National (Scotland)

Tories warned against ‘North Sea drilling frenzy’ to solve energy crisis

TORY plans for a “North Sea drilling frenzy” to solve the energy crisis will have no impact on bills and hand billions of pounds…

Daily Record

Liz Truss set to ramp up North Sea drilling as plan slammed by opponents

The Tory frontrunner is planning to issue over 130 new drilling licences for the North Sea in a move that will outrage climate change campaigners.

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The Independent UK

New North Sea drilling not the answer to current energy costs, critics warn

Greenpeace said ‘unleashing a North Sea drilling frenzy isn’t a plan to help bill payers, but a gift to the fossil fuel giants’.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss ‘will approve more oil drilling if she becomes PM’

Tory leadership candidate criticised by campaigners after reports her team have met energy firms

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 30

The front pages splash on the potential of North Sea oil amid rising energy bills.

Daily Mirror

Rebekah Vardy's former agent in talks for tell-all doc about Wagatha Christie trial

Over the course of the case, Caroline Watt found herself being dragged into the spotlight after it emerged her mobile phone which included some key evidence had been dropped into the North Sea

Chronicle Live

Environment Agency investigating after water pollution spotted in North Sea 'from East Durham to Teesside'

Photos show what appears to be pollution in the North Sea, seen from Easington beach

The Guardian - UK

Fantasy island: a hidden idyll on Germany’s North Sea coast

Föhr, a speck off Germany’s north coast, was the scene of idyllic childhood holidays for our author, and decades later still hold a magical charm

The Independent UK

British sewage overflows stink up relations across Channel

EU lawmakers have a new reason to be annoyed with Britain: British sewage overflows seeping into the English Channel and North Sea

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