Oil
Fossil fuel industry faces surge in climate lawsuits
Number of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years
Isabella Kaminski
30, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack
António Guterres compares climate inaction to tobacco firms dismissing links between smoking and cancer
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
17, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM
Jeremy Corbyn unites with direct action group Just Stop Oil
Former Labour leader’s Peace and Justice Project to be part of new climate and social justice movement
Matthew Taylor
16, Jun, 2022 @9:00 AM
Declassified files reveal British interest in Falkland Islands oil
Ministers keen to claim UK right to potential deposits before and after 1982 war with Argentina
Grace Livingstone
14, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
Environmentalists join forces to fight ‘carbon bomb’ fossil fuel projects
Coalition of lawyers, journalists and campaigners challenge climate-busting mega projects exposed in Guardian investigation
Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent
06, Jun, 2022 @8:08 AM
Oil prices rise as Opec prepares to set new output targets
Thursday’s meeting of oil-producing nations will be first since EU imposed sanctions on Russian crude
Jasper Jolly and agencies
01, Jun, 2022 @5:35 PM
Sunak’s UK oil subsidy could have insulated 2m homes, says thinktank
The billions now going to fossil fuel exploitation could have funded efficiency measures that cut energy bills for good
Damian Carrington Environment editor
31, May, 2022 @6:00 AM
Sooty hands and damaged lungs: the toll of Nigeria’s illegal refineries
A recent clampdown on illegal oil refineries in Rivers State was welcomed by campaigners alarmed at the mounting medical toll on those living in the area. But will it have a lasting impact?
Emmanuel Akinwotu in Port Harcourt
29, May, 2022 @11:43 AM
Sunak’s windfall tax is a ‘sticking plaster’, say climate campaigners
Tax on oil and gas companies described as ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate and cost of living crises
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
26, May, 2022 @2:07 PM
More than $1bn of Coalition’s climate funding could go to fossil fuel projects, analysis finds
‘Clean’ hydrogen and carbon capture and storage head list of funding pledges since net zero promise
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor
20, May, 2022 @8:00 PM
‘Carbon bomb’ makers are putting all our lives at risk | Letters
Letters: Peter Muchlinski, Robert Cooper and Andy Bradley respond to the Guardian’s exposé of big oil’s fossil fuel projects that are a colossal threat to the climate and human life
Letters
19, May, 2022 @4:47 PM
EU plans ‘massive’ increase in green energy to help end reliance on Russia
European Commission says extra €210bn needed over next five years to pay for phasing out of Russian fossil fuels
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
18, May, 2022 @1:24 PM
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