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Gove recommends Scottish Government reprioritises North Sea funding

Cabinet Minister for Levelling Up hints that money might be better spent elsewhere as a result of UK Government plans

Insider UK

Is the UK government finally seeing sense on renewables?

Analysis: the business secretary’s energy security wishlist, posted on Twitter, makes a vital intervention in the energy debate

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion hit Edinburgh to cause chaos at lavish oil company dinner

Activists from Extinction Rebellion explained they had targeted the Scottish Energy Forum annual dinner in a protest against the expansion of North Sea Oil and Gas.

Edinburgh Live

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Work still ongoing to fix damaged sewage pipe which is spilling onto a North East beach

Large scale repair works are underway while sewage is seeping onto a beach and into the North Sea

Chronicle Live

North Sea oil exploration should not proceed - but can - says UK climate committee

Advisers says refusing new licences would signal net zero ambition, but final decision is with ministers

Insider UK

North Sea oil exploration should not proceed but can, says UK’s climate committee

Net zero advisers say refusing new licences would signal green ambition, but final decision must be for ministers

The Guardian - UK

Oil and gas drilling in North Sea must end, UK government’s climate advisers say

Committee on Climate Change says drilling won’t drive down household bills

The Independent UK

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Public asked to stay away after sewage spilled onto North East beach and into North Sea

Large scale repair works are underway while sewage is seeping onto a beach and into the North Sea

Chronicle Live

Dutch coastguard searches North Sea for lost shipping containers

The Dutch coastguard said on Saturday it was trying to locate 26 empty shipping containers lost on the North Sea during Storm Eunice on Friday.

Reuters

New North Sea oil and gas licences ‘incompatible with UK climate goals’

Warning from experts comes as government is under pressure to approve new works amid energy crisis

The Guardian - UK

What could be fairer than a tax on oil and gas’s North Sea winnings?

Labour is pushing for a windfall tax on the industry’s bonanza – and Sunak must grasp that this is not even an ‘un-Tory’ idea

The Guardian - UK

The case for a UK windfall tax on oil and gas giants is unanswerable

While the likes of BP make colossal profits, consumers face huge bills. The solution is clear, says professor of political economy Michael Jacobs

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on windfall taxes: an idea whose time has come again

Editorial: Labour’s Ed Miliband is right to call for a one-off increase in corporation tax on North Sea producers to fund lower bills for consumers

The Guardian - UK

Major British Triathlon to take place in Sunderland - with World Championship also earmarked

The event itself will see a 750m swim in the North Sea, followed by a 20km bike and finishing with a 5km run - all situated on the golden sands of the Seaburn and Roker coast.

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Insider UK

Scottish fishermen launch survey of North Sea fish stocks to tackle government's 'poor science'

The fishermen will work with Norway and Denmark in a bid to establish data on key catching areas

Daily Mirror

Oil giant BP has 'more cash than we know what to do with' after almost £10bn profits

BP boss Bernard Looney, who has splashed out on a £5.2million apartment, is set for a bumper bonus. Yet the company rejected calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to help ease the cost of living crisis

Wales Online

Bid to identify suspected murder victim found dead at sea 28 years ago

Forensic science students have uncovered new leads after revisiting evidence from a North Sea mystery

The Independent UK

UK set to ‘torpedo climate action’ by approving six new North Sea oil and gas fields

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said he wants to encourage more investment in new fossil fuel drilling

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Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: BP promises UK spending, Ocado shares slide, Tui optimistic for summer travel

BP’s annual profits today rocketed to $12.8 billion (£9.5 billion), fuelling calls for a North Sea windfall tax.

The Independent UK

Plan to dismantle Dutch bridge for new yacht sparks anger

A plan to temporarily dismantle a historic bridge in the heart of Dutch port city Rotterdam so that a huge yacht, reportedly being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, can get to the North Sea is unlikely to be plain sailing

The Independent UK

Container ship towed free after running aground off Germany

Authorities say a container ship that ran aground off a German North Sea island has been towed free a day after it got stuck

Reuters

Maersk container ship towed free after running aground off German island

Tug boats have towed free one of the world's biggest container ships, the Mumbai Maersk, which had run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Container ship runs aground off German North Sea island

Authorities say a container ship has run aground off a German North Sea island, and an initial attempt to free it was unsuccessful

Evening Standard

Shell hands billions back to investors as soaring energy bills lift profits

Shell today defended handing multi-billion dollar payouts to investors after 2021’s blistering rise in natural gas and oil prices helped propel annual profits to a seven-year high.

Reuters

Maersk container ship runs aground off German island

One of the world's biggest container ships, the Mumbai Maersk, has run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies and Maersk said on Thursday.

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