Oil

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The IPCC’s climate report has drawn the battle lines for Cop28: oil profits or a livable future | Simon Lewis
A pact to phase out fossil fuels in November’s UN climate talks is the only credible response to the warnings of scientists, says global change scientist Simon Lewis

Simon Lewis

21, Mar, 2023 @1:14 PM

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North Sea oil and gas workers vote to strike amid bumper profits
Series of actions planned this spring as union members call for more pay since firms are ‘raking it’

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

20, Mar, 2023 @5:20 PM

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The Guardian view on corporate greed: it’s causing inflation | Editorial
Editorial: Unite’s claim that firms are profiteering on the back of a crisis hitting workers is hard to dismiss

Editorial

12, Mar, 2023 @6:25 PM

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Saudi Aramco’s $161bn profit is largest recorded by an oil and gas firm
Amnesty International hits out at ‘shocking’ annual figure reaped through sale of fossil fuel

Mark Sweney

12, Mar, 2023 @1:58 PM

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Doubling of BP boss pay to £10m is a ‘kick in the teeth’, say campaigners
Bernard Looney’s bumper pay package follows annual profits of £23bn linked to soaring gas prices sparked by Russia-Ukraine war

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

10, Mar, 2023 @11:19 AM

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Texas youth organizers take aim at the biggest oil field in the US
Proposed El Paso climate charter seeks to prohibit use of city water for extraction projects including those in Permian Basin

Aliya Uteuova

10, Mar, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Shell’s van Beurden gets lucky. Harbour Energy doesn’t | Nils Pratley
Former CEO did handsomely on the back of high oil and gas prices while the windfall levy hits the small players harder

Nils Pratley

09, Mar, 2023 @6:40 PM

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Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015
Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining

Helena Horton Environment reporter

09, Mar, 2023 @12:30 PM

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Shell chief’s pay package rose by more than 50% to nearly £10m in 2022
Campaigners and politicians criticise bonus for Ben van Beurden, who has since stood down

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

09, Mar, 2023 @8:26 AM

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Offshore energy workers call for public ownership in UK’s net-zero carbon transition
Coalition of workers, unions and climate campaigners aims to safeguard shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources

Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

06, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Philippines oil tanker spill prompts fears for protected marine areas
Authorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oil

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

03, Mar, 2023 @1:13 PM

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Fresh doubts raised over future BP funding of British Museum
Museum says no talks took place between October 2021 and December 2022 and most recent deal has ended

Esther Addley

28, Feb, 2023 @7:00 AM

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